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 2696 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 2696 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

2696 ft/s → V_(m/s)

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

V_(m/s) = 2696 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V_(m/s) = 821.7408 m/s

The final result is:

2696 ft/s → 821.7408 m/s

We conclude that 2696 feet per second is equivalent to 821.7408 meters per second:

2696 feet per second = 821.7408 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 0.0012169287444411 × 2696 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 2696 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0012169287444411 meters per second.

Approximate result

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

2696 ft/s ≅ 821.741 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times two thousand six hundred ninety-six 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