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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 170.7 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 170.7 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

170.7 ft/s → V(m/s)

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

V(m/s) = 170.7 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V(m/s) = 52.02936 m/s

The final result is:

170.7 ft/s → 52.02936 m/s

We conclude that 170.7 feet per second is equivalent to 52.02936 meters per second:

170.7 feet per second = 52.02936 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 0.019219917369731 × 170.7 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 170.7 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.019219917369731 meters per second.

Approximate result

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

170.7 ft/s ≅ 52.029 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero one nine times one hundred seventy 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)
171.7 feet per second 52.334 meters per second
172.7 feet per second 52.639 meters per second
173.7 feet per second 52.944 meters per second
174.7 feet per second 53.249 meters per second
175.7 feet per second 53.553 meters per second
176.7 feet per second 53.858 meters per second
177.7 feet per second 54.163 meters per second
178.7 feet per second 54.468 meters per second
179.7 feet per second 54.773 meters per second
180.7 feet per second 55.077 meters per second