17 millimeters in meters

Result

The conversion result is: 17 millimeters is equivalent to 0.017 meters.^[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 17 millimeters to meters?

We know (by definition) that: 1 mm = 0.001 m.

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

1 mm / 17 mm = 0.001 m / x m

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

x m = (17 mm / 1 mm) * 0.001 m → x m = 0.017 m

Conclusion:

17 mm = 0.017 m

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 meter is equal to 58.8235294117647 times 17 millimeters.

It can also be expressed as: 17 millimeters is equal to 1 / 58.8235294117647 meters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: seventeen millimeters is about zero point zero two meters, or alternatively, a meter is about fifty-eight point eight two times seventeen millimeters.