17 centimeters in decimeters

Conversion formula
How to convert 17 centimeters to decimeters?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{cm}=0.1\mathrm{dm}$

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

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

Conclusion: 17 ⁢ cm = 1.7000000000000002 ⁢ dm

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 decimeter is equal to 0.588235294117647 times 17 centimeters.

It can also be expressed as: 17 centimeters is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{0.588235294117647}}$ decimeters.

Approximation

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