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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 1971 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 1971 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

1971 ft/s → V(m/s)

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

V(m/s) = 1971 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V(m/s) = 600.7608 m/s

The final result is:

1971 ft/s → 600.7608 m/s

We conclude that 1971 feet per second is equivalent to 600.7608 meters per second:

1971 feet per second = 600.7608 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 0.0016645560096464 × 1971 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 1971 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0016645560096464 meters per second.

Approximate result

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

1971 ft/s ≅ 600.761 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero two times one thousand nine hundred seventy-one 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)
1972 feet per second 601.066 meters per second
1973 feet per second 601.37 meters per second
1974 feet per second 601.675 meters per second
1975 feet per second 601.98 meters per second
1976 feet per second 602.285 meters per second
1977 feet per second 602.59 meters per second
1978 feet per second 602.894 meters per second
1979 feet per second 603.199 meters per second
1980 feet per second 603.504 meters per second
1981 feet per second 603.809 meters per second