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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 28.1 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 28.1 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

28.1 ft/s → V(m/s)

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

V(m/s) = 28.1 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V(m/s) = 8.56488 m/s

The final result is:

28.1 ft/s → 8.56488 m/s

We conclude that 28.1 feet per second is equivalent to 8.56488 meters per second:

28.1 feet per second = 8.56488 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 0.11675586814993 × 28.1 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 28.1 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.11675586814993 meters per second.

Approximate result

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

28.1 ft/s ≅ 8.565 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point one one seven times twenty-eight 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)
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
38.1 feet per second 11.613 meters per second