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Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet per second to knots is 0.59248380129641, which means that 1 foot per second is equal to 0.59248380129641 knots:

1 ft/s = 0.59248380129641 kt

To convert 142.8 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 142.8 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to knots. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft/s → 0.59248380129641 kt

142.8 ft/s → V(kt)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in knots:

V(kt) = 142.8 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V(kt) = 84.606686825127 kt

The final result is:

142.8 ft/s → 84.606686825127 kt

We conclude that 142.8 feet per second is equivalent to 84.606686825127 knots:

142.8 feet per second = 84.606686825127 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.011819396758402 × 142.8 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 142.8 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.011819396758402 knots.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one hundred forty-two point eight feet per second is approximately eighty-four point six zero seven knots:

142.8 ft/s ≅ 84.607 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point zero one two times one hundred forty-two point eight feet per second.

Conversion table

feet per second to knots chart

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

feet per second (ft/s) knots (kt)
143.8 feet per second 85.199 knots
144.8 feet per second 85.792 knots
145.8 feet per second 86.384 knots
146.8 feet per second 86.977 knots
147.8 feet per second 87.569 knots
148.8 feet per second 88.162 knots
149.8 feet per second 88.754 knots
150.8 feet per second 89.347 knots
151.8 feet per second 89.939 knots
152.8 feet per second 90.532 knots