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 17.6 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 17.6 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
17.6 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 17.6 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 5.36448 m/s
The final result is:
17.6 ft/s → 5.36448 m/s
We conclude that 17.6 feet per second is equivalent to 5.36448 meters per second:
17.6 feet per second = 5.36448 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 0.1864113576712 × 17.6 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 17.6 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.1864113576712 meters per second.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seventeen point six feet per second is approximately five point three six four meters per second:
17.6 ft/s ≅ 5.364 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point one eight six times seventeen point six 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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18.6 feet per second | 5.669 meters per second |
19.6 feet per second | 5.974 meters per second |
20.6 feet per second | 6.279 meters per second |
21.6 feet per second | 6.584 meters per second |
22.6 feet per second | 6.888 meters per second |
23.6 feet per second | 7.193 meters per second |
24.6 feet per second | 7.498 meters per second |
25.6 feet per second | 7.803 meters per second |
26.6 feet per second | 8.108 meters per second |
27.6 feet per second | 8.412 meters per second |