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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 16.7 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 16.7 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

16.7 ft/s → V(m/s)

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

V(m/s) = 16.7 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V(m/s) = 5.09016 m/s

The final result is:

16.7 ft/s → 5.09016 m/s

We conclude that 16.7 feet per second is equivalent to 5.09016 meters per second:

16.7 feet per second = 5.09016 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 0.1964574787433 × 16.7 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 16.7 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.1964574787433 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 seven feet per second is approximately five point zero nine meters per second:

16.7 ft/s ≅ 5.09 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point one nine six times sixteen point seven 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)
17.7 feet per second 5.395 meters per second
18.7 feet per second 5.7 meters per second
19.7 feet per second 6.005 meters per second
20.7 feet per second 6.309 meters per second
21.7 feet per second 6.614 meters per second
22.7 feet per second 6.919 meters per second
23.7 feet per second 7.224 meters per second
24.7 feet per second 7.529 meters per second
25.7 feet per second 7.833 meters per second
26.7 feet per second 8.138 meters per second