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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 47.8 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 47.8 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

47.8 ft/s → V(m/s)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:

V(m/s) = 47.8 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V(m/s) = 14.56944 m/s

The final result is:

47.8 ft/s → 14.56944 m/s

We conclude that 47.8 feet per second is equivalent to 14.56944 meters per second:

47.8 feet per second = 14.56944 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 0.068636817887304 × 47.8 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 47.8 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.068636817887304 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 eight feet per second is approximately fourteen point five six nine meters per second:

47.8 ft/s ≅ 14.569 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero six nine times forty-seven point eight 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)
48.8 feet per second 14.874 meters per second
49.8 feet per second 15.179 meters per second
50.8 feet per second 15.484 meters per second
51.8 feet per second 15.789 meters per second
52.8 feet per second 16.093 meters per second
53.8 feet per second 16.398 meters per second
54.8 feet per second 16.703 meters per second
55.8 feet per second 17.008 meters per second
56.8 feet per second 17.313 meters per second
57.8 feet per second 17.617 meters per second