Conversion formula

The conversion factor from yards to feet is 3, which means that 1 yard is equal to 3 feet:

1 yd = 3 ft

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

1 yd → 3 ft

17 yd → L_(ft)

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

L_(ft) = 17 yd × 3 ft

L_(ft) = 51 ft

The final result is:

17 yd → 51 ft

We conclude that 17 yards is equivalent to 51 feet:

17 yards = 51 feet

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 foot is equal to 0.019607843137255 × 17 yards.

Another way is saying that 17 yards is equal to 1 ÷ 0.019607843137255 feet.

Approximate result

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

17 yd ≅ 51 ft

An alternative is also that one foot is approximately zero point zero two times seventeen yards.

Conversion table

yards to feet chart

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