Convert Miles to Kilometers

Introduction

In this challenge, you will write a Python function to convert miles to kilometers. You will be given a distance in miles and you need to return the equivalent distance in kilometers.

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Miles to km

Write a Python function called miles_to_km that takes a parameter miles (a float or an integer) and returns the equivalent distance in kilometers. You should use the following conversion formula: km = mi * 1.609344.

def miles_to_km(miles):
  return miles * 1.609344

miles_to_km(5.03) ## 8.09500032

Summary

In this challenge, you learned how to convert miles to kilometers using a Python function. You should now be able to take any distance in miles and convert it to kilometers using the formula km = mi * 1.609344.