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Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet per second to knots is 0.59248380129641, which means that 1 foot per second is equal to 0.59248380129641 knots:

1 ft/s = 0.59248380129641 kt

To convert 170.4 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 170.4 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to knots. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft/s → 0.59248380129641 kt

170.4 ft/s → V(kt)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in knots:

V(kt) = 170.4 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V(kt) = 100.95923974091 kt

The final result is:

170.4 ft/s → 100.95923974091 kt

We conclude that 170.4 feet per second is equivalent to 100.95923974091 knots:

170.4 feet per second = 100.95923974091 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.0099049874242942 × 170.4 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 170.4 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0099049874242942 knots.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one hundred seventy point four feet per second is approximately one hundred point nine five nine knots:

170.4 ft/s ≅ 100.959 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point zero one times one hundred seventy point four feet per second.

Conversion table

feet per second to knots chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet per second to knots

feet per second (ft/s) knots (kt)
171.4 feet per second 101.552 knots
172.4 feet per second 102.144 knots
173.4 feet per second 102.737 knots
174.4 feet per second 103.329 knots
175.4 feet per second 103.922 knots
176.4 feet per second 104.514 knots
177.4 feet per second 105.107 knots
178.4 feet per second 105.699 knots
179.4 feet per second 106.292 knots
180.4 feet per second 106.884 knots