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 17 feet into decimeters we have to multiply 17 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

17 ft → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 17 ft × 3.048 dm

L_(dm) = 51.816 dm

The final result is:

17 ft → 51.816 dm

We conclude that 17 feet is equivalent to 51.816 decimeters:

17 feet = 51.816 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.01929905820596 × 17 feet.

Another way is saying that 17 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.01929905820596 decimeters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seventeen feet is approximately fifty-one point eight one six decimeters:

17 ft ≅ 51.816 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point zero one nine times seventeen 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