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 4730 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 4730 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
4730 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 4730 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 1441.704 m/s
The final result is:
4730 ft/s → 1441.704 m/s
We conclude that 4730 feet per second is equivalent to 1441.704 meters per second:
4730 feet per second = 1441.704 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 0.00069362365645098 × 4730 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 4730 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00069362365645098 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 seven hundred thirty feet per second is approximately one thousand four hundred forty-one point seven zero four meters per second:
4730 ft/s ≅ 1441.704 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times four thousand seven hundred thirty 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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4731 feet per second | 1442.009 meters per second |
4732 feet per second | 1442.314 meters per second |
4733 feet per second | 1442.618 meters per second |
4734 feet per second | 1442.923 meters per second |
4735 feet per second | 1443.228 meters per second |
4736 feet per second | 1443.533 meters per second |
4737 feet per second | 1443.838 meters per second |
4738 feet per second | 1444.142 meters per second |
4739 feet per second | 1444.447 meters per second |
4740 feet per second | 1444.752 meters per second |