Chapter 12 - Section 12.6 - Radian Measure - Exercise - Page 417: 2

$97.4^o$

To convert radians to degrees, multply $\dfrac{180^o}{\pi \text{radians}}$ to the given radian measurement to obtain: \begin{align*} 1.7\text{ rad} \cdot \dfrac{180^o}{\pi\text{ rad}}&=\dfrac{1.7(180^o)}{\pi}\\ &=\dfrac{306}{\pi}\\ &\approx 97.4^o\end{align*}