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Conversion formula

The conversion factor from miles to kilometers is 1.609344, which means that 1 mile is equal to 1.609344 kilometers:

1 mi = 1.609344 km

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

1 mi → 1.609344 km

17 mi → L(km)

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

L(km) = 17 mi × 1.609344 km

L(km) = 27.358848 km

The final result is:

17 mi → 27.358848 km

We conclude that 17 miles is equivalent to 27.358848 kilometers:

17 miles = 27.358848 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.036551246602196 × 17 miles.

Another way is saying that 17 miles is equal to 1 ÷ 0.036551246602196 kilometers.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seventeen miles is approximately twenty-seven point three five nine kilometers:

17 mi ≅ 27.359 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately zero point zero three seven times seventeen miles.

Conversion table

miles to kilometers chart

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

miles (mi) kilometers (km)
18 miles 28.968 kilometers
19 miles 30.578 kilometers
20 miles 32.187 kilometers
21 miles 33.796 kilometers
22 miles 35.406 kilometers
23 miles 37.015 kilometers
24 miles 38.624 kilometers
25 miles 40.234 kilometers
26 miles 41.843 kilometers
27 miles 43.452 kilometers