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 49 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 49 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
49 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 49 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 14.9352 m/s
The final result is:
49 ft/s → 14.9352 m/s
We conclude that 49 feet per second is equivalent to 14.9352 meters per second:
49 feet per second = 14.9352 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 0.066955916224758 × 49 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 49 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.066955916224758 meters per second.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that forty-nine feet per second is approximately fourteen point nine three five meters per second:
49 ft/s ≅ 14.935 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero six seven times forty-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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50 feet per second | 15.24 meters per second |
51 feet per second | 15.545 meters per second |
52 feet per second | 15.85 meters per second |
53 feet per second | 16.154 meters per second |
54 feet per second | 16.459 meters per second |
55 feet per second | 16.764 meters per second |
56 feet per second | 17.069 meters per second |
57 feet per second | 17.374 meters per second |
58 feet per second | 17.678 meters per second |
59 feet per second | 17.983 meters per second |