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 179 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 179 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
179 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 179 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 54.5592 m/s
The final result is:
179 ft/s → 54.5592 m/s
We conclude that 179 feet per second is equivalent to 54.5592 meters per second:
179 feet per second = 54.5592 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 0.01832871449728 × 179 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 179 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.01832871449728 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-nine feet per second is approximately fifty-four point five five nine meters per second:
179 ft/s ≅ 54.559 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero one eight times one hundred seventy-nine 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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180 feet per second | 54.864 meters per second |
181 feet per second | 55.169 meters per second |
182 feet per second | 55.474 meters per second |
183 feet per second | 55.778 meters per second |
184 feet per second | 56.083 meters per second |
185 feet per second | 56.388 meters per second |
186 feet per second | 56.693 meters per second |
187 feet per second | 56.998 meters per second |
188 feet per second | 57.302 meters per second |
189 feet per second | 57.607 meters per second |