Unit Converter
Conversion formula
The conversion factor from miles per hour to meters per second is 0.44704, which means that 1 mile per hour is equal to 0.44704 meters per second:
1 mph = 0.44704 m/s
To convert 48.8 miles per hour into meters per second we have to multiply 48.8 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from miles per hour to meters per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 mph → 0.44704 m/s
48.8 mph → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 48.8 mph × 0.44704 m/s
V(m/s) = 21.815552 m/s
The final result is:
48.8 mph → 21.815552 m/s
We conclude that 48.8 miles per hour is equivalent to 21.815552 meters per second:
48.8 miles per hour = 21.815552 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 0.045838858443738 × 48.8 miles per hour.
Another way is saying that 48.8 miles per hour is equal to 1 ÷ 0.045838858443738 meters per second.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that forty-eight point eight miles per hour is approximately twenty-one point eight one six meters per second:
48.8 mph ≅ 21.816 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero four six times forty-eight point eight miles per hour.
Conversion table
miles per hour to meters per second chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from miles per hour to meters per second
miles per hour (mph) | meters per second (m/s) |
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49.8 miles per hour | 22.263 meters per second |
50.8 miles per hour | 22.71 meters per second |
51.8 miles per hour | 23.157 meters per second |
52.8 miles per hour | 23.604 meters per second |
53.8 miles per hour | 24.051 meters per second |
54.8 miles per hour | 24.498 meters per second |
55.8 miles per hour | 24.945 meters per second |
56.8 miles per hour | 25.392 meters per second |
57.8 miles per hour | 25.839 meters per second |
58.8 miles per hour | 26.286 meters per second |