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 397 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 397 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

397 ft/s → V_(m/s)

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

V_(m/s) = 397 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V_(m/s) = 121.0056 m/s

The final result is:

397 ft/s → 121.0056 m/s

We conclude that 397 feet per second is equivalent to 121.0056 meters per second:

397 feet per second = 121.0056 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 0.0082640803400834 × 397 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 397 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0082640803400834 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 ninety-seven feet per second is approximately one hundred twenty-one point zero zero six meters per second:

397 ft/s ≅ 121.006 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero eight times three hundred ninety-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