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 3800 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 3800 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
3800 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 3800 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 1158.24 m/s
The final result is:
3800 ft/s → 1158.24 m/s
We conclude that 3800 feet per second is equivalent to 1158.24 meters per second:
3800 feet per second = 1158.24 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 0.0008633789197403 × 3800 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 3800 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0008633789197403 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 eight hundred feet per second is approximately one thousand one hundred fifty-eight point two four meters per second:
3800 ft/s ≅ 1158.24 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times three thousand eight hundred 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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3801 feet per second | 1158.545 meters per second |
3802 feet per second | 1158.85 meters per second |
3803 feet per second | 1159.154 meters per second |
3804 feet per second | 1159.459 meters per second |
3805 feet per second | 1159.764 meters per second |
3806 feet per second | 1160.069 meters per second |
3807 feet per second | 1160.374 meters per second |
3808 feet per second | 1160.678 meters per second |
3809 feet per second | 1160.983 meters per second |
3810 feet per second | 1161.288 meters per second |