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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 30 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 30 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

30 ft/s → V(m/s)

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

V(m/s) = 30 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V(m/s) = 9.144 m/s

The final result is:

30 ft/s → 9.144 m/s

We conclude that 30 feet per second is equivalent to 9.144 meters per second:

30 feet per second = 9.144 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 0.10936132983377 × 30 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 30 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.10936132983377 meters per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that thirty feet per second is approximately nine point one four four meters per second:

30 ft/s ≅ 9.144 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point one zero nine times thirty 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)
31 feet per second 9.449 meters per second
32 feet per second 9.754 meters per second
33 feet per second 10.058 meters per second
34 feet per second 10.363 meters per second
35 feet per second 10.668 meters per second
36 feet per second 10.973 meters per second
37 feet per second 11.278 meters per second
38 feet per second 11.582 meters per second
39 feet per second 11.887 meters per second
40 feet per second 12.192 meters per second