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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 389 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 389 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

389 ft/s → V(m/s)

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

V(m/s) = 389 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V(m/s) = 118.5672 m/s

The final result is:

389 ft/s → 118.5672 m/s

We conclude that 389 feet per second is equivalent to 118.5672 meters per second:

389 feet per second = 118.5672 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 0.0084340357198281 × 389 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 389 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0084340357198281 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-nine feet per second is approximately one hundred eighteen point five six seven meters per second:

389 ft/s ≅ 118.567 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero eight times three hundred eighty-nine 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)
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
398 feet per second 121.31 meters per second
399 feet per second 121.615 meters per second