17 feet 8 inches in cm

To convert 17 feet 8 inches to centimeters, we first made it all inches and then multiplied the total number of inches by 2.54 to get the answer:

538.48 cm

To better explain how we did it, here are step-by-step instructions on how to convert 17 feet 8 inches to centimeters:

Convert 17 feet to inches by multiplying 17 by 12, which equals 204.

Add 204 to 8 inches to get a total of 212 inches.

Multiply 212 by 2.54 to get the answer as follows:

17' 8" = 538.48 cm

You can also divide 538.48 by 100 to get the answer in meters:

17' 8" = 5.3848 meters

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Notes:
We multiplied 17 feet by 12, because there are 12 feet in a foot. We multiplied 212 by 2.54, because there are 2.54 centimeters in an inch. We divided 538.48 by 100, because there are 100 centimeters in a meter.