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 39 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 39 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
39 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 39 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 11.8872 m/s
The final result is:
39 ft/s → 11.8872 m/s
We conclude that 39 feet per second is equivalent to 11.8872 meters per second:
39 feet per second = 11.8872 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 0.084124099872131 × 39 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 39 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.084124099872131 meters per second.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that thirty-nine feet per second is approximately eleven point eight eight seven meters per second:
39 ft/s ≅ 11.887 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero eight four times thirty-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) |
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40 feet per second | 12.192 meters per second |
41 feet per second | 12.497 meters per second |
42 feet per second | 12.802 meters per second |
43 feet per second | 13.106 meters per second |
44 feet per second | 13.411 meters per second |
45 feet per second | 13.716 meters per second |
46 feet per second | 14.021 meters per second |
47 feet per second | 14.326 meters per second |
48 feet per second | 14.63 meters per second |
49 feet per second | 14.935 meters per second |