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 3420 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 3420 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
3420 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 3420 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 1042.416 m/s
The final result is:
3420 ft/s → 1042.416 m/s
We conclude that 3420 feet per second is equivalent to 1042.416 meters per second:
3420 feet per second = 1042.416 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 0.00095930991082255 × 3420 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 3420 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00095930991082255 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 twenty feet per second is approximately one thousand forty-two point four one six meters per second:
3420 ft/s ≅ 1042.416 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times three thousand four hundred twenty 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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3421 feet per second | 1042.721 meters per second |
3422 feet per second | 1043.026 meters per second |
3423 feet per second | 1043.33 meters per second |
3424 feet per second | 1043.635 meters per second |
3425 feet per second | 1043.94 meters per second |
3426 feet per second | 1044.245 meters per second |
3427 feet per second | 1044.55 meters per second |
3428 feet per second | 1044.854 meters per second |
3429 feet per second | 1045.159 meters per second |
3430 feet per second | 1045.464 meters per second |