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 173 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 173 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

173 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 173 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0173 km

The final result is:

173 dm → 0.0173 km

We conclude that 173 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0173 kilometers:

173 decimeters = 0.0173 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 57.803468208092 × 173 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 173 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 57.803468208092 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

173 dm ≅ 0.017 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately fifty-seven point eight zero three times one hundred seventy-three 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