17 centimeters in kilometers

Conversion formula
How to convert 17 centimeters to kilometers?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{cm}=1e-05\mathrm{km}$

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

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

Conclusion: 17 ⁢ cm = 0.00017 ⁢ km

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 kilometer is equal to 5882.35294117647 times 17 centimeters.

It can also be expressed as: 17 centimeters is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{5882.35294117647}}$ kilometers.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: seventeen centimeters is about zero kilometers, or alternatively, a kilometer is about five thousand, eight hundred and eighty-two point three five times seventeen centimeters.