Conversion formula

The conversion factor from meters to yards is 1.0936132983377, which means that 1 meter is equal to 1.0936132983377 yards:

1 m = 1.0936132983377 yd

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

1 m → 1.0936132983377 yd

17 m → L_(yd)

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

L_(yd) = 17 m × 1.0936132983377 yd

L_(yd) = 18.591426071741 yd

The final result is:

17 m → 18.591426071741 yd

We conclude that 17 meters is equivalent to 18.591426071741 yards:

17 meters = 18.591426071741 yards

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 yard is equal to 0.053788235294118 × 17 meters.

Another way is saying that 17 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.053788235294118 yards.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seventeen meters is approximately eighteen point five nine one yards:

17 m ≅ 18.591 yd

An alternative is also that one yard is approximately zero point zero five four times seventeen meters.

Conversion table

meters to yards chart

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