One nautical mile is $6080ft.$ . The same in kilometre is?

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According to the question,
$1 nauticalmile=6080ft.$
We know that, $1 km=3280ft.$
Therefore, $1 nauticalmile= \frac{6080}{3280} km.$
$= 1.85 km$
Hence, $1nauticalmileisequalto1.85km.$

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One nautical mile is6080ft.. The same in kilometre is?

According to the question,1nauticalmile=6080ft.We know that, 1km=3280ft.Therefore, 1nauticalmile=60803280km. =1.85kmHence, 1nauticalmileisequalto1.85km.

One nautical mile is $6080ft.$ . The same in kilometre is?

According to the question,
$1 nauticalmile=6080ft.$
We know that, $1 km=3280ft.$
Therefore, $1 nauticalmile= \frac{6080}{3280} km.$
$= 1.85 km$
Hence, $1nauticalmileisequalto1.85km.$