17 inches in yards

Conversion

17 inches is equivalent to 0.472222222222222 yards.^[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 17 inches to yards?

We know (by definition) that: $1 in \approx 0.027777778 yd$

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

\frac{1 in}{17 in} \approx \frac{0.027777778 yd}{x yd}

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

x yd \approx \frac{17 in}{1 in} * 0.027777778 yd \to x yd \approx 0.47222222599999997 yd

Conclusion: $17 in \approx 0.47222222599999997 yd$

17 inches is equivalent to 0.472222222222222 yards

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 yard is equal to 2.11764705882353 times 17 inches.

It can also be expressed as: 17 inches is equal to $\frac{1}{2.11764705882353}$ yards.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: seventeen inches is about zero point four seven yards, or alternatively, a yard is about two point one two times seventeen inches.

Units involved

This is how the units in this conversion are defined:

Inches

The inch (abbreviation: in or ″) is a unit of length in the imperial and United States customary systems of measurement now formally equal to 1⁄36 yard but usually understood as 1⁄12 of a foot. Derived from the Roman uncia (twelfth), inch is also sometimes used to translate related units in other measurement systems, usually understood as deriving from the width of the human thumb. Traditional standards for the exact length of an inch have varied in the past, but since the adoption of the international yard during the 1950s and 1960s it has been based on the metric system and defined as exactly 2.54 cm.

Wikipedia page of inches

Yards

The yard (abbreviation: yd) is an English unit of length, in both the British imperial and US customary systems of measurement, that comprises 3 feet or 36 inches. It is by international agreement in 1959 standardized as exactly 0.9144 meters. A metal yardstick originally formed the physical standard from which all other units of length were officially derived in both English systems.

Wikipedia page of yards

Footnotes

[1] The precision is 15 significant digits (fourteen digits to the right of the decimal point).

Results may contain small errors due to the use of floating point arithmetic.

Conversion

Conversion formula How to convert 17 inches to yards?

Conversion in the opposite direction

Approximation

Conversion formula
How to convert 17 inches to yards?