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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 28.5 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 28.5 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

28.5 ft/s → V(m/s)

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

V(m/s) = 28.5 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V(m/s) = 8.6868 m/s

The final result is:

28.5 ft/s → 8.6868 m/s

We conclude that 28.5 feet per second is equivalent to 8.6868 meters per second:

28.5 feet per second = 8.6868 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 0.11511718929871 × 28.5 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 28.5 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.11511718929871 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 five feet per second is approximately eight point six eight seven meters per second:

28.5 ft/s ≅ 8.687 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point one one five times twenty-eight point five 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)
29.5 feet per second 8.992 meters per second
30.5 feet per second 9.296 meters per second
31.5 feet per second 9.601 meters per second
32.5 feet per second 9.906 meters per second
33.5 feet per second 10.211 meters per second
34.5 feet per second 10.516 meters per second
35.5 feet per second 10.82 meters per second
36.5 feet per second 11.125 meters per second
37.5 feet per second 11.43 meters per second
38.5 feet per second 11.735 meters per second