Conversion formula

The conversion factor from liters to deciliters is 10, which means that 1 liter is equal to 10 deciliters:

1 L = 10 dL

To convert 17.2 liters into deciliters we have to multiply 17.2 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from liters to deciliters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 L → 10 dL

17.2 L → V_(dL)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the volume V in deciliters:

V_(dL) = 17.2 L × 10 dL

V_(dL) = 172 dL

The final result is:

17.2 L → 172 dL

We conclude that 17.2 liters is equivalent to 172 deciliters:

17.2 liters = 172 deciliters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 deciliter is equal to 0.0058139534883721 × 17.2 liters.

Another way is saying that 17.2 liters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0058139534883721 deciliters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seventeen point two liters is approximately one hundred seventy-two deciliters:

17.2 L ≅ 172 dL

An alternative is also that one deciliter is approximately zero point zero zero six times seventeen point two liters.

Conversion table

liters to deciliters chart

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