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 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) |
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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 |