Unit Converter
Conversion formula
The conversion factor from feet to meters is 0.3048, which means that 1 foot is equal to 0.3048 meters:
1 ft = 0.3048 m
To convert 5.7 feet into meters we have to multiply 5.7 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from feet to meters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 ft → 0.3048 m
5.7 ft → L(m)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in meters:
L(m) = 5.7 ft × 0.3048 m
L(m) = 1.73736 m
The final result is:
5.7 ft → 1.73736 m
We conclude that 5.7 feet is equivalent to 1.73736 meters:
5.7 feet = 1.73736 meters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.57558594649353 × 5.7 feet.
Another way is saying that 5.7 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.57558594649353 meters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five point seven feet is approximately one point seven three seven meters:
5.7 ft ≅ 1.737 m
An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point five seven six times five point seven feet.
Conversion table
feet to meters chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet to meters
feet (ft) | meters (m) |
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6.7 feet | 2.042 meters |
7.7 feet | 2.347 meters |
8.7 feet | 2.652 meters |
9.7 feet | 2.957 meters |
10.7 feet | 3.261 meters |
11.7 feet | 3.566 meters |
12.7 feet | 3.871 meters |
13.7 feet | 4.176 meters |
14.7 feet | 4.481 meters |
15.7 feet | 4.785 meters |