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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 4897 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 4897 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

4897 ft/s → V(m/s)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:

V(m/s) = 4897 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V(m/s) = 1492.6056 m/s

The final result is:

4897 ft/s → 1492.6056 m/s

We conclude that 4897 feet per second is equivalent to 1492.6056 meters per second:

4897 feet per second = 1492.6056 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 0.00066996934756241 × 4897 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 4897 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00066996934756241 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 eight hundred ninety-seven feet per second is approximately one thousand four hundred ninety-two point six zero six meters per second:

4897 ft/s ≅ 1492.606 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times four thousand eight hundred ninety-seven 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)
4898 feet per second 1492.91 meters per second
4899 feet per second 1493.215 meters per second
4900 feet per second 1493.52 meters per second
4901 feet per second 1493.825 meters per second
4902 feet per second 1494.13 meters per second
4903 feet per second 1494.434 meters per second
4904 feet per second 1494.739 meters per second
4905 feet per second 1495.044 meters per second
4906 feet per second 1495.349 meters per second
4907 feet per second 1495.654 meters per second