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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 12.4 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 12.4 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

12.4 ft/s → V(m/s)

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

V(m/s) = 12.4 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V(m/s) = 3.77952 m/s

The final result is:

12.4 ft/s → 3.77952 m/s

We conclude that 12.4 feet per second is equivalent to 3.77952 meters per second:

12.4 feet per second = 3.77952 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 0.26458386250106 × 12.4 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 12.4 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.26458386250106 meters per second.

Approximate result

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

12.4 ft/s ≅ 3.78 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point two six five times twelve point four 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)
13.4 feet per second 4.084 meters per second
14.4 feet per second 4.389 meters per second
15.4 feet per second 4.694 meters per second
16.4 feet per second 4.999 meters per second
17.4 feet per second 5.304 meters per second
18.4 feet per second 5.608 meters per second
19.4 feet per second 5.913 meters per second
20.4 feet per second 6.218 meters per second
21.4 feet per second 6.523 meters per second
22.4 feet per second 6.828 meters per second