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 420 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 420 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
420 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 420 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 128.016 m/s
The final result is:
420 ft/s → 128.016 m/s
We conclude that 420 feet per second is equivalent to 128.016 meters per second:
420 feet per second = 128.016 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 0.0078115235595551 × 420 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 420 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0078115235595551 meters per second.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that four hundred twenty feet per second is approximately one hundred twenty-eight point zero one six meters per second:
420 ft/s ≅ 128.016 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero eight times four hundred twenty 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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421 feet per second | 128.321 meters per second |
422 feet per second | 128.626 meters per second |
423 feet per second | 128.93 meters per second |
424 feet per second | 129.235 meters per second |
425 feet per second | 129.54 meters per second |
426 feet per second | 129.845 meters per second |
427 feet per second | 130.15 meters per second |
428 feet per second | 130.454 meters per second |
429 feet per second | 130.759 meters per second |
430 feet per second | 131.064 meters per second |