Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet to meters is 0.3048, which means that 1 foot is equal to 0.3048 meters:

1 ft = 0.3048 m

To convert 48.5 feet into meters we have to multiply 48.5 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from feet to meters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft → 0.3048 m

48.5 ft → L_(m)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in meters:

L_(m) = 48.5 ft × 0.3048 m

L_(m) = 14.7828 m

The final result is:

48.5 ft → 14.7828 m

We conclude that 48.5 feet is equivalent to 14.7828 meters:

48.5 feet = 14.7828 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.067646183402332 × 48.5 feet.

Another way is saying that 48.5 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.067646183402332 meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that forty-eight point five feet is approximately fourteen point seven eight three meters:

48.5 ft ≅ 14.783 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point zero six eight times forty-eight point five feet.

Conversion table

feet to meters chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet to meters