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 48.7 feet into meters we have to multiply 48.7 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

48.7 ft → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 48.7 ft × 0.3048 m

L_(m) = 14.84376 m

The final result is:

48.7 ft → 14.84376 m

We conclude that 48.7 feet is equivalent to 14.84376 meters:

48.7 feet = 14.84376 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.067368375667621 × 48.7 feet.

Another way is saying that 48.7 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.067368375667621 meters.

Approximate result

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

48.7 ft ≅ 14.844 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point zero six seven times forty-eight point seven 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