5 feet in decimeters

Conversion formula
How to convert 5 feet to decimeters?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{ft}=3.048\mathrm{dm}$

We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of decimeters.

Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown $x$:

Conclusion: 5 ⁢ ft = 15.24 ⁢ dm

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 decimeter is equal to 0.0656167979002625 times 5 feet.

It can also be expressed as: 5 feet is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{0.0656167979002625}}$ decimeters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: five feet is about zero decimeters, or alternatively, a decimeter is about zero point zero seven times five feet.