Inches to Centimeters converter

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Inches to Centimeters

An inch (symbol: in) is a unit of length in the imperial and US customary systems of measurement. An inch was defined to be equivalent to exactly 25.4 millimeters in 1959. There are 12 inches in a foot and 36 inches in a yard.

The inch is mostly used in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. It is also sometimes used in Japan (as well as other countries) in relation to electronic parts, like the size of display screens.

A centimeter (symbol: cm) is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), the current form of the metric system. It is defined as 1/100 meters.

The centimeter, like the meter, is used in all sorts of applications worldwide (in countries that have undergone metrication) in instances where a smaller denomination of the meter is required. Height is commonly measured in centimeters outside of countries like the United States.

How to convert inches to centimeters

1 inch is equal to 2.54 centimeters:

1″ = 2.54cm

The distance d in centimeters (cm) is equal to the distance d in inches (″) times 2.54:

d_(cm) = d_(inch) × 2.54

Example

Convert 20 inches to centimeters:

d_{(cm) = 20″ × 2.54 = 50.8cm}

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