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Conversion formula

The conversion factor from decimeters to meters is 0.1, which means that 1 decimeter is equal to 0.1 meters:

1 dm = 0.1 m

To convert 10.2 decimeters into meters we have to multiply 10.2 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from decimeters to meters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 dm → 0.1 m

10.2 dm → L(m)

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

L(m) = 10.2 dm × 0.1 m

L(m) = 1.02 m

The final result is:

10.2 dm → 1.02 m

We conclude that 10.2 decimeters is equivalent to 1.02 meters:

10.2 decimeters = 1.02 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.98039215686275 × 10.2 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 10.2 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.98039215686275 meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that ten point two decimeters is approximately one point zero two meters:

10.2 dm ≅ 1.02 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point nine eight times ten point two decimeters.

Conversion table

decimeters to meters chart

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

decimeters (dm) meters (m)
11.2 decimeters 1.12 meters
12.2 decimeters 1.22 meters
13.2 decimeters 1.32 meters
14.2 decimeters 1.42 meters
15.2 decimeters 1.52 meters
16.2 decimeters 1.62 meters
17.2 decimeters 1.72 meters
18.2 decimeters 1.82 meters
19.2 decimeters 1.92 meters
20.2 decimeters 2.02 meters