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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 18.2 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 18.2 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

18.2 ft/s → V(m/s)

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

V(m/s) = 18.2 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V(m/s) = 5.54736 m/s

The final result is:

18.2 ft/s → 5.54736 m/s

We conclude that 18.2 feet per second is equivalent to 5.54736 meters per second:

18.2 feet per second = 5.54736 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 0.18026592829742 × 18.2 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 18.2 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.18026592829742 meters per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eighteen point two feet per second is approximately five point five four seven meters per second:

18.2 ft/s ≅ 5.547 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point one eight times eighteen point two 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)
19.2 feet per second 5.852 meters per second
20.2 feet per second 6.157 meters per second
21.2 feet per second 6.462 meters per second
22.2 feet per second 6.767 meters per second
23.2 feet per second 7.071 meters per second
24.2 feet per second 7.376 meters per second
25.2 feet per second 7.681 meters per second
26.2 feet per second 7.986 meters per second
27.2 feet per second 8.291 meters per second
28.2 feet per second 8.595 meters per second