Unit Converter
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 27.1 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 27.1 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
27.1 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 27.1 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 8.26008 m/s
The final result is:
27.1 ft/s → 8.26008 m/s
We conclude that 27.1 feet per second is equivalent to 8.26008 meters per second:
27.1 feet per second = 8.26008 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 0.12106420276801 × 27.1 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 27.1 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.12106420276801 meters per second.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that twenty-seven point one feet per second is approximately eight point two six meters per second:
27.1 ft/s ≅ 8.26 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point one two one times twenty-seven 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) |
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28.1 feet per second | 8.565 meters per second |
29.1 feet per second | 8.87 meters per second |
30.1 feet per second | 9.174 meters per second |
31.1 feet per second | 9.479 meters per second |
32.1 feet per second | 9.784 meters per second |
33.1 feet per second | 10.089 meters per second |
34.1 feet per second | 10.394 meters per second |
35.1 feet per second | 10.698 meters per second |
36.1 feet per second | 11.003 meters per second |
37.1 feet per second | 11.308 meters per second |