17 decimeters in millimeters

Conversion formula
How to convert 17 decimeters to millimeters?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{dm}=100\mathrm{mm}$

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

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

Conclusion: 17 ⁢ dm = 1700 ⁢ mm

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 millimeter is equal to 0.000588235294117647 times 17 decimeters.

It can also be expressed as: 17 decimeters is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{0.000588235294117647}}$ millimeters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: seventeen decimeters is about one thousand, seven hundred millimeters, or alternatively, a millimeter is about zero times seventeen decimeters.