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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 17.8 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 17.8 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

17.8 ft/s → V(m/s)

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

V(m/s) = 17.8 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V(m/s) = 5.42544 m/s

The final result is:

17.8 ft/s → 5.42544 m/s

We conclude that 17.8 feet per second is equivalent to 5.42544 meters per second:

17.8 feet per second = 5.42544 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 0.18431684803445 × 17.8 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 17.8 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.18431684803445 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 eight feet per second is approximately five point four two five meters per second:

17.8 ft/s ≅ 5.425 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point one eight four times seventeen point eight 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)
18.8 feet per second 5.73 meters per second
19.8 feet per second 6.035 meters per second
20.8 feet per second 6.34 meters per second
21.8 feet per second 6.645 meters per second
22.8 feet per second 6.949 meters per second
23.8 feet per second 7.254 meters per second
24.8 feet per second 7.559 meters per second
25.8 feet per second 7.864 meters per second
26.8 feet per second 8.169 meters per second
27.8 feet per second 8.473 meters per second