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 3417 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 3417 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

3417 ft/s → V_(m/s)

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

V_(m/s) = 3417 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V_(m/s) = 1041.5016 m/s

The final result is:

3417 ft/s → 1041.5016 m/s

We conclude that 3417 feet per second is equivalent to 1041.5016 meters per second:

3417 feet per second = 1041.5016 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 0.00096015214955023 × 3417 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 3417 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00096015214955023 meters per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that three thousand four hundred seventeen feet per second is approximately one thousand forty-one point five zero two meters per second:

3417 ft/s ≅ 1041.502 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times three thousand four hundred seventeen 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