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Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet per second to meters per second is 0.3048, which means that 1 foot per second is equal to 0.3048 meters per second:

1 ft/s = 0.3048 m/s

To convert 1042 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 1042 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to meters per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft/s → 0.3048 m/s

1042 ft/s → V(m/s)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:

V(m/s) = 1042 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V(m/s) = 317.6016 m/s

The final result is:

1042 ft/s → 317.6016 m/s

We conclude that 1042 feet per second is equivalent to 317.6016 meters per second:

1042 feet per second = 317.6016 meters per second

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter per second is equal to 0.0031485987476134 × 1042 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 1042 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0031485987476134 meters per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one thousand forty-two feet per second is approximately three hundred seventeen point six zero two meters per second:

1042 ft/s ≅ 317.602 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero three times one thousand forty-two feet per second.

Conversion table

feet per second to meters per second chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet per second to meters per second

feet per second (ft/s) meters per second (m/s)
1043 feet per second 317.906 meters per second
1044 feet per second 318.211 meters per second
1045 feet per second 318.516 meters per second
1046 feet per second 318.821 meters per second
1047 feet per second 319.126 meters per second
1048 feet per second 319.43 meters per second
1049 feet per second 319.735 meters per second
1050 feet per second 320.04 meters per second
1051 feet per second 320.345 meters per second
1052 feet per second 320.65 meters per second