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 1472 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 1472 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
1472 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 1472 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 448.6656 m/s
The final result is:
1472 ft/s → 448.6656 m/s
We conclude that 1472 feet per second is equivalent to 448.6656 meters per second:
1472 feet per second = 448.6656 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 0.0022288314504165 × 1472 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 1472 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0022288314504165 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 four hundred seventy-two feet per second is approximately four hundred forty-eight point six six six meters per second:
1472 ft/s ≅ 448.666 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero two times one thousand four hundred seventy-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) |
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1473 feet per second | 448.97 meters per second |
1474 feet per second | 449.275 meters per second |
1475 feet per second | 449.58 meters per second |
1476 feet per second | 449.885 meters per second |
1477 feet per second | 450.19 meters per second |
1478 feet per second | 450.494 meters per second |
1479 feet per second | 450.799 meters per second |
1480 feet per second | 451.104 meters per second |
1481 feet per second | 451.409 meters per second |
1482 feet per second | 451.714 meters per second |