5 decimeters in feet

Result

The conversion result is: 5 decimeters is equivalent to 1.64041994750656 feet.[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 5 decimeters to feet?

We know (by definition) that: 1 dm ≈ 0.32808399 ft.

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

1 dm / 5 dm ≈ 0.32808399 ft / x ft

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

x ft ≈ (5 dm / 1 dm) * 0.32808399 ft → x ft ≈ 1.64041995 ft

Conclusion:

5 dm ≈ 1.64041995 ft

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 foot is equal to 0.6096 times 5 decimeters.

It can also be expressed as: 5 decimeters is equal to 1 / 0.6096 feet.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: five decimeters is about one point six three feet, or alternatively, a foot is about zero point six one times five decimeters.

Footnotes

[1] The precision is 15 significant digits (fourteen digits to the right of the decimal point).

Results may contain small errors due to the use of floating point arithmetic.