Conversion formula

The conversion factor from miles to kilometers is 1.609344, which means that 1 mile is equal to 1.609344 kilometers:

1 mi = 1.609344 km

To convert 9.8 miles into kilometers we have to multiply 9.8 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from miles to kilometers. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 mi → 1.609344 km

9.8 mi → L_(km)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in kilometers:

L_(km) = 9.8 mi × 1.609344 km

L_(km) = 15.7715712 km

The final result is:

9.8 mi → 15.7715712 km

We conclude that 9.8 miles is equivalent to 15.7715712 kilometers:

9.8 miles = 15.7715712 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.063405223697687 × 9.8 miles.

Another way is saying that 9.8 miles is equal to 1 ÷ 0.063405223697687 kilometers.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that nine point eight miles is approximately fifteen point seven seven two kilometers:

9.8 mi ≅ 15.772 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately zero point zero six three times nine point eight miles.

Conversion table

miles to kilometers chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from miles to kilometers