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 197 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 197 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
197 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 197 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 60.0456 m/s
The final result is:
197 ft/s → 60.0456 m/s
We conclude that 197 feet per second is equivalent to 60.0456 meters per second:
197 feet per second = 60.0456 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 0.016654009619356 × 197 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 197 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.016654009619356 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 ninety-seven feet per second is approximately sixty point zero four six meters per second:
197 ft/s ≅ 60.046 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero one seven times one hundred ninety-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) |
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198 feet per second | 60.35 meters per second |
199 feet per second | 60.655 meters per second |
200 feet per second | 60.96 meters per second |
201 feet per second | 61.265 meters per second |
202 feet per second | 61.57 meters per second |
203 feet per second | 61.874 meters per second |
204 feet per second | 62.179 meters per second |
205 feet per second | 62.484 meters per second |
206 feet per second | 62.789 meters per second |
207 feet per second | 63.094 meters per second |