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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 261.1 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 261.1 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

261.1 ft/s → V(m/s)

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

V(m/s) = 261.1 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V(m/s) = 79.58328 m/s

The final result is:

261.1 ft/s → 79.58328 m/s

We conclude that 261.1 feet per second is equivalent to 79.58328 meters per second:

261.1 feet per second = 79.58328 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 0.012565453447005 × 261.1 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 261.1 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.012565453447005 meters per second.

Approximate result

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

261.1 ft/s ≅ 79.583 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero one three times two hundred sixty-one point 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)
262.1 feet per second 79.888 meters per second
263.1 feet per second 80.193 meters per second
264.1 feet per second 80.498 meters per second
265.1 feet per second 80.802 meters per second
266.1 feet per second 81.107 meters per second
267.1 feet per second 81.412 meters per second
268.1 feet per second 81.717 meters per second
269.1 feet per second 82.022 meters per second
270.1 feet per second 82.326 meters per second
271.1 feet per second 82.631 meters per second