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 4687 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 4687 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
4687 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 4687 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 1428.5976 m/s
The final result is:
4687 ft/s → 1428.5976 m/s
We conclude that 4687 feet per second is equivalent to 1428.5976 meters per second:
4687 feet per second = 1428.5976 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 0.00069998717623493 × 4687 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 4687 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00069998717623493 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 six hundred eighty-seven feet per second is approximately one thousand four hundred twenty-eight point five nine eight meters per second:
4687 ft/s ≅ 1428.598 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times four thousand six hundred eighty-seven 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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4688 feet per second | 1428.902 meters per second |
4689 feet per second | 1429.207 meters per second |
4690 feet per second | 1429.512 meters per second |
4691 feet per second | 1429.817 meters per second |
4692 feet per second | 1430.122 meters per second |
4693 feet per second | 1430.426 meters per second |
4694 feet per second | 1430.731 meters per second |
4695 feet per second | 1431.036 meters per second |
4696 feet per second | 1431.341 meters per second |
4697 feet per second | 1431.646 meters per second |