Final answer:
To convert 5200 km to millimeters, multiply by 1,000,000 to get 5,200,000,000 mm. To convert 5200 km to miles, divide by 1.609 to get 3232.48 miles.
Step-by-step explanation:
To convert the distance from kilometers to millimeters, we multiply the number of kilometers by the number of millimeters in one kilometer. There are 1,000 meters in a kilometer and 1,000 millimeters in a meter, therefore, there are 1,000,000 millimeters in a kilometer. Thus, to convert 5200 km to millimeters, we multiply it by 1,000,000:
5200 km × 1,000,000 mm/km = 5,200,000,000 mm.
To convert the distance from kilometers to miles, we use the conversion factor 1 mile = 1.609 kilometers. Therefore, to convert kilometers to miles, we divide the distance in kilometers by 1.609:
5200 km ÷ 1.609 km/mile = 3232.48 miles (rounded to two decimal places).