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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 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)
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