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 387 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 387 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
387 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 387 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 117.9576 m/s
The final result is:
387 ft/s → 117.9576 m/s
We conclude that 387 feet per second is equivalent to 117.9576 meters per second:
387 feet per second = 117.9576 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 0.0084776224677342 × 387 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 387 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0084776224677342 meters per second.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that three hundred eighty-seven feet per second is approximately one hundred seventeen point nine five eight meters per second:
387 ft/s ≅ 117.958 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero eight times three hundred eighty-seven 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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388 feet per second | 118.262 meters per second |
389 feet per second | 118.567 meters per second |
390 feet per second | 118.872 meters per second |
391 feet per second | 119.177 meters per second |
392 feet per second | 119.482 meters per second |
393 feet per second | 119.786 meters per second |
394 feet per second | 120.091 meters per second |
395 feet per second | 120.396 meters per second |
396 feet per second | 120.701 meters per second |
397 feet per second | 121.006 meters per second |