Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet per second to miles per hour is 0.68181818181818, which means that 1 foot per second is equal to 0.68181818181818 miles per hour:

1 ft/s = 0.68181818181818 mph

To convert 217.5 feet per second into miles per hour we have to multiply 217.5 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to miles per hour. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft/s → 0.68181818181818 mph

217.5 ft/s → V_(mph)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in miles per hour:

V_(mph) = 217.5 ft/s × 0.68181818181818 mph

V_(mph) = 148.29545454545 mph

The final result is:

217.5 ft/s → 148.29545454545 mph

We conclude that 217.5 feet per second is equivalent to 148.29545454545 miles per hour:

217.5 feet per second = 148.29545454545 miles per hour

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 mile per hour is equal to 0.0067432950191571 × 217.5 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 217.5 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0067432950191571 miles per hour.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that two hundred seventeen point five feet per second is approximately one hundred forty-eight point two nine five miles per hour:

217.5 ft/s ≅ 148.295 mph

An alternative is also that one mile per hour is approximately zero point zero zero seven times two hundred seventeen point five feet per second.

Conversion table

feet per second to miles per hour chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet per second to miles per hour