Unit Converter
Conversion formula
The conversion factor from miles per hour to feet per second is 1.4666666666667, which means that 1 mile per hour is equal to 1.4666666666667 feet per second:
1 mph = 1.4666666666667 ft/s
To convert 1979 miles per hour into feet per second we have to multiply 1979 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from miles per hour to feet per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 mph → 1.4666666666667 ft/s
1979 mph → V(ft/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in feet per second:
V(ft/s) = 1979 mph × 1.4666666666667 ft/s
V(ft/s) = 2902.5333333333 ft/s
The final result is:
1979 mph → 2902.5333333333 ft/s
We conclude that 1979 miles per hour is equivalent to 2902.5333333333 feet per second:
1979 miles per hour = 2902.5333333333 feet per second
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 foot per second is equal to 0.00034452662042354 × 1979 miles per hour.
Another way is saying that 1979 miles per hour is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00034452662042354 feet 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-nine miles per hour is approximately two thousand nine hundred two point five three three feet per second:
1979 mph ≅ 2902.533 ft/s
An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times one thousand nine hundred seventy-nine miles per hour.
Conversion table
miles per hour to feet per second chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from miles per hour to feet per second
miles per hour (mph) | feet per second (ft/s) |
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1980 miles per hour | 2904 feet per second |
1981 miles per hour | 2905.467 feet per second |
1982 miles per hour | 2906.933 feet per second |
1983 miles per hour | 2908.4 feet per second |
1984 miles per hour | 2909.867 feet per second |
1985 miles per hour | 2911.333 feet per second |
1986 miles per hour | 2912.8 feet per second |
1987 miles per hour | 2914.267 feet per second |
1988 miles per hour | 2915.733 feet per second |
1989 miles per hour | 2917.2 feet per second |