Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet to decimeters is 3.048, which means that 1 foot is equal to 3.048 decimeters:

1 ft = 3.048 dm

To convert 1.7 feet into decimeters we have to multiply 1.7 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from feet to decimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft → 3.048 dm

1.7 ft → L_(dm)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in decimeters:

L_(dm) = 1.7 ft × 3.048 dm

L_(dm) = 5.1816 dm

The final result is:

1.7 ft → 5.1816 dm

We conclude that 1.7 feet is equivalent to 5.1816 decimeters:

1.7 feet = 5.1816 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.1929905820596 × 1.7 feet.

Another way is saying that 1.7 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.1929905820596 decimeters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one point seven feet is approximately five point one eight two decimeters:

1.7 ft ≅ 5.182 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point one nine three times one point seven feet.

Conversion table

feet to decimeters chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet to decimeters