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 471.4 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 471.4 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
471.4 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 471.4 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 143.68272 m/s
The final result is:
471.4 ft/s → 143.68272 m/s
We conclude that 471.4 feet per second is equivalent to 143.68272 meters per second:
471.4 feet per second = 143.68272 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 0.0069597791578556 × 471.4 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 471.4 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0069597791578556 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 seventy-one point four feet per second is approximately one hundred forty-three point six eight three meters per second:
471.4 ft/s ≅ 143.683 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero seven times four hundred seventy-one 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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472.4 feet per second | 143.988 meters per second |
473.4 feet per second | 144.292 meters per second |
474.4 feet per second | 144.597 meters per second |
475.4 feet per second | 144.902 meters per second |
476.4 feet per second | 145.207 meters per second |
477.4 feet per second | 145.512 meters per second |
478.4 feet per second | 145.816 meters per second |
479.4 feet per second | 146.121 meters per second |
480.4 feet per second | 146.426 meters per second |
481.4 feet per second | 146.731 meters per second |