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Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet to meters is 0.3048, which means that 1 foot is equal to 0.3048 meters:

1 ft = 0.3048 m

To convert 42 feet into meters we have to multiply 42 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from feet to meters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft → 0.3048 m

42 ft → L(m)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in meters:

L(m) = 42 ft × 0.3048 m

L(m) = 12.8016 m

The final result is:

42 ft → 12.8016 m

We conclude that 42 feet is equivalent to 12.8016 meters:

42 feet = 12.8016 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.078115235595551 × 42 feet.

Another way is saying that 42 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.078115235595551 meters.

Approximate result

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

42 ft ≅ 12.802 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point zero seven eight times forty-two feet.

Conversion table

feet to meters chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet to meters

feet (ft) meters (m)
43 feet 13.106 meters
44 feet 13.411 meters
45 feet 13.716 meters
46 feet 14.021 meters
47 feet 14.326 meters
48 feet 14.63 meters
49 feet 14.935 meters
50 feet 15.24 meters
51 feet 15.545 meters
52 feet 15.85 meters