17 inches in decimeters

Conversion formula
How to convert 17 inches to decimeters?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{in}=0.254\mathrm{dm}$

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 ⁢ in = 4.318 ⁢ dm

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 decimeter is equal to 0.231588698471515 times 17 inches.

It can also be expressed as: 17 inches is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{0.231588698471515}}$ decimeters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: seventeen inches is about four point three two decimeters, or alternatively, a decimeter is about zero point two three times seventeen inches.