ConvertOctopus Search

Unit Converter

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 11.8 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 11.8 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

11.8 ft/s → V(m/s)

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

V(m/s) = 11.8 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V(m/s) = 3.59664 m/s

The final result is:

11.8 ft/s → 3.59664 m/s

We conclude that 11.8 feet per second is equivalent to 3.59664 meters per second:

11.8 feet per second = 3.59664 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 0.2780372792384 × 11.8 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 11.8 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.2780372792384 meters per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eleven point eight feet per second is approximately three point five nine seven meters per second:

11.8 ft/s ≅ 3.597 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point two seven eight times eleven point eight 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)
12.8 feet per second 3.901 meters per second
13.8 feet per second 4.206 meters per second
14.8 feet per second 4.511 meters per second
15.8 feet per second 4.816 meters per second
16.8 feet per second 5.121 meters per second
17.8 feet per second 5.425 meters per second
18.8 feet per second 5.73 meters per second
19.8 feet per second 6.035 meters per second
20.8 feet per second 6.34 meters per second
21.8 feet per second 6.645 meters per second