Conversion formula

The conversion factor from inches to meters is 0.0254, which means that 1 inch is equal to 0.0254 meters:

1 in = 0.0254 m

To convert 17 inches into meters we have to multiply 17 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from inches to meters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 in → 0.0254 m

17 in → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 17 in × 0.0254 m

L_(m) = 0.4318 m

The final result is:

17 in → 0.4318 m

We conclude that 17 inches is equivalent to 0.4318 meters:

17 inches = 0.4318 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 2.3158869847151 × 17 inches.

Another way is saying that 17 inches is equal to 1 ÷ 2.3158869847151 meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seventeen inches is approximately zero point four three two meters:

17 in ≅ 0.432 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately two point three one six times seventeen inches.

Conversion table

inches to meters chart

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