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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 42.4 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 42.4 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

42.4 ft/s → V(m/s)

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

V(m/s) = 42.4 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V(m/s) = 12.92352 m/s

The final result is:

42.4 ft/s → 12.92352 m/s

We conclude that 42.4 feet per second is equivalent to 12.92352 meters per second:

42.4 feet per second = 12.92352 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 0.077378299410687 × 42.4 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 42.4 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.077378299410687 meters per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that forty-two point four feet per second is approximately twelve point nine two four meters per second:

42.4 ft/s ≅ 12.924 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero seven seven times forty-two point four 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)
43.4 feet per second 13.228 meters per second
44.4 feet per second 13.533 meters per second
45.4 feet per second 13.838 meters per second
46.4 feet per second 14.143 meters per second
47.4 feet per second 14.448 meters per second
48.4 feet per second 14.752 meters per second
49.4 feet per second 15.057 meters per second
50.4 feet per second 15.362 meters per second
51.4 feet per second 15.667 meters per second
52.4 feet per second 15.972 meters per second