17 meters in feet

Result

The conversion result is: 17 meters is equivalent to 55.7742782152231 feet.^[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 17 meters to feet?

We know (by definition) that: 1 m ≈ 3.2808399 ft.

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

1 m / 17 m ≈ 3.2808399 ft / x ft

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

x ft ≈ (17 m / 1 m) * 3.2808399 ft → x ft ≈ 55.774278300000006 ft

Conclusion:

17 m ≈ 55.774278300000006 ft

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 foot is equal to 0.0179294117647059 times 17 meters.

It can also be expressed as: 17 meters is equal to 1 / 0.0179294117647059 feet.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: seventeen meters is about fifty-five point seven seven feet, or alternatively, a foot is about zero point zero two times seventeen meters.