Conversion formula

The conversion factor from decimeters to kilometers is 0.0001, which means that 1 decimeter is equal to 0.0001 kilometers:

1 dm = 0.0001 km

To convert 172 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 172 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from decimeters to kilometers. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 dm → 0.0001 km

172 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 172 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0172 km

The final result is:

172 dm → 0.0172 km

We conclude that 172 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0172 kilometers:

172 decimeters = 0.0172 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 58.139534883721 × 172 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 172 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 58.139534883721 kilometers.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one hundred seventy-two decimeters is approximately zero point zero one seven kilometers:

172 dm ≅ 0.017 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately fifty-eight point one four times one hundred seventy-two decimeters.

Conversion table

decimeters to kilometers chart

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