17 centimeters in meters

Result

The conversion result is: 17 centimeters is equivalent to 0.17 meters.^[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 17 centimeters to meters?

We know (by definition) that: 1 cm = 0.01 m.

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

1 cm / 17 cm = 0.01 m / x m

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

x m = (17 cm / 1 cm) * 0.01 m → x m = 0.17 m

Conclusion:

17 cm = 0.17 m

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 meter is equal to 5.88235294117647 times 17 centimeters.

It can also be expressed as: 17 centimeters is equal to 1 / 5.88235294117647 meters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: seventeen centimeters is about zero meters, or alternatively, a meter is about five point eight seven times seventeen centimeters.