17 meters in feet

Conversion formula
How to convert 17 meters to feet?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{m}\approx 3.2808399\mathrm{ft}$

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

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

Conclusion: 17 ⁢ m ≈ 55.774278300000006 ⁢ ft

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 foot is equal to 0.0179294117647059 times 17 meters.

It can also be expressed as: 17 meters is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{0.0179294117647059}}$ feet.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: seventeen meters is about fifty-five point seven seven feet, or alternatively, a foot is about zero point zero two times seventeen meters.