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 47.4 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 47.4 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
47.4 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 47.4 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 14.44752 m/s
The final result is:
47.4 ft/s → 14.44752 m/s
We conclude that 47.4 feet per second is equivalent to 14.44752 meters per second:
47.4 feet per second = 14.44752 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 0.069216031540361 × 47.4 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 47.4 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.069216031540361 meters per second.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that forty-seven point four feet per second is approximately fourteen point four four eight meters per second:
47.4 ft/s ≅ 14.448 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero six nine times forty-seven point four 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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48.4 feet per second | 14.752 meters per second |
49.4 feet per second | 15.057 meters per second |
50.4 feet per second | 15.362 meters per second |
51.4 feet per second | 15.667 meters per second |
52.4 feet per second | 15.972 meters per second |
53.4 feet per second | 16.276 meters per second |
54.4 feet per second | 16.581 meters per second |
55.4 feet per second | 16.886 meters per second |
56.4 feet per second | 17.191 meters per second |
57.4 feet per second | 17.496 meters per second |