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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 16.1 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 16.1 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

16.1 ft/s → V(m/s)

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

V(m/s) = 16.1 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V(m/s) = 4.90728 m/s

The final result is:

16.1 ft/s → 4.90728 m/s

We conclude that 16.1 feet per second is equivalent to 4.90728 meters per second:

16.1 feet per second = 4.90728 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 0.20377887546665 × 16.1 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 16.1 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.20377887546665 meters per second.

Approximate result

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

16.1 ft/s ≅ 4.907 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point two zero four times sixteen point one 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)
17.1 feet per second 5.212 meters per second
18.1 feet per second 5.517 meters per second
19.1 feet per second 5.822 meters per second
20.1 feet per second 6.126 meters per second
21.1 feet per second 6.431 meters per second
22.1 feet per second 6.736 meters per second
23.1 feet per second 7.041 meters per second
24.1 feet per second 7.346 meters per second
25.1 feet per second 7.65 meters per second
26.1 feet per second 7.955 meters per second