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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 42.9 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 42.9 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

42.9 ft/s → V(m/s)

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

V(m/s) = 42.9 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V(m/s) = 13.07592 m/s

The final result is:

42.9 ft/s → 13.07592 m/s

We conclude that 42.9 feet per second is equivalent to 13.07592 meters per second:

42.9 feet per second = 13.07592 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 0.07647645442921 × 42.9 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 42.9 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.07647645442921 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 nine feet per second is approximately thirteen point zero seven six meters per second:

42.9 ft/s ≅ 13.076 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero seven six times forty-two point 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)
43.9 feet per second 13.381 meters per second
44.9 feet per second 13.686 meters per second
45.9 feet per second 13.99 meters per second
46.9 feet per second 14.295 meters per second
47.9 feet per second 14.6 meters per second
48.9 feet per second 14.905 meters per second
49.9 feet per second 15.21 meters per second
50.9 feet per second 15.514 meters per second
51.9 feet per second 15.819 meters per second
52.9 feet per second 16.124 meters per second