Unit Converter
Conversion formula
The conversion factor from kilometers per hour to meters per second is 0.277777777778, which means that 1 kilometer per hour is equal to 0.277777777778 meters per second:
1 km/h = 0.277777777778 m/s
To convert 4242 kilometers per hour into meters per second we have to multiply 4242 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from kilometers per hour to meters per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 km/h → 0.277777777778 m/s
4242 km/h → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 4242 km/h × 0.277777777778 m/s
V(m/s) = 1178.3333333343 m/s
The final result is:
4242 km/h → 1178.3333333343 m/s
We conclude that 4242 kilometers per hour is equivalent to 1178.3333333343 meters per second:
4242 kilometers per hour = 1178.3333333343 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 0.00084865629420017 × 4242 kilometers per hour.
Another way is saying that 4242 kilometers per hour is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00084865629420017 meters per second.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that four thousand two hundred forty-two kilometers per hour is approximately one thousand one hundred seventy-eight point three three three meters per second:
4242 km/h ≅ 1178.333 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times four thousand two hundred forty-two kilometers per hour.
Conversion table
kilometers per hour to meters per second chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from kilometers per hour to meters per second
kilometers per hour (km/h) | meters per second (m/s) |
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4243 kilometers per hour | 1178.611 meters per second |
4244 kilometers per hour | 1178.889 meters per second |
4245 kilometers per hour | 1179.167 meters per second |
4246 kilometers per hour | 1179.444 meters per second |
4247 kilometers per hour | 1179.722 meters per second |
4248 kilometers per hour | 1180 meters per second |
4249 kilometers per hour | 1180.278 meters per second |
4250 kilometers per hour | 1180.556 meters per second |
4251 kilometers per hour | 1180.833 meters per second |
4252 kilometers per hour | 1181.111 meters per second |