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 3.9 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 3.9 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
3.9 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 3.9 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 1.18872 m/s
The final result is:
3.9 ft/s → 1.18872 m/s
We conclude that 3.9 feet per second is equivalent to 1.18872 meters per second:
3.9 feet per second = 1.18872 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 0.84124099872131 × 3.9 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 3.9 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.84124099872131 meters per second.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that three point nine feet per second is approximately one point one eight nine meters per second:
3.9 ft/s ≅ 1.189 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point eight four one times three point nine 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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4.9 feet per second | 1.494 meters per second |
5.9 feet per second | 1.798 meters per second |
6.9 feet per second | 2.103 meters per second |
7.9 feet per second | 2.408 meters per second |
8.9 feet per second | 2.713 meters per second |
9.9 feet per second | 3.018 meters per second |
10.9 feet per second | 3.322 meters per second |
11.9 feet per second | 3.627 meters per second |
12.9 feet per second | 3.932 meters per second |
13.9 feet per second | 4.237 meters per second |