17 decimeters in meters

Conversion formula
How to convert 17 decimeters to meters?

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

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

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

Conclusion: 17 ⁢ dm = 1.7000000000000002 ⁢ m

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 meter is equal to 0.588235294117647 times 17 decimeters.

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

Approximation

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