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 479 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 479 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
479 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 479 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 145.9992 m/s
The final result is:
479 ft/s → 145.9992 m/s
We conclude that 479 feet per second is equivalent to 145.9992 meters per second:
479 feet per second = 145.9992 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 0.0068493525991923 × 479 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 479 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0068493525991923 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-nine feet per second is approximately one hundred forty-five point nine nine nine meters per second:
479 ft/s ≅ 145.999 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero seven times four hundred seventy-nine 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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480 feet per second | 146.304 meters per second |
481 feet per second | 146.609 meters per second |
482 feet per second | 146.914 meters per second |
483 feet per second | 147.218 meters per second |
484 feet per second | 147.523 meters per second |
485 feet per second | 147.828 meters per second |
486 feet per second | 148.133 meters per second |
487 feet per second | 148.438 meters per second |
488 feet per second | 148.742 meters per second |
489 feet per second | 149.047 meters per second |