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 4940 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 4940 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
4940 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 4940 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 1505.712 m/s
The final result is:
4940 ft/s → 1505.712 m/s
We conclude that 4940 feet per second is equivalent to 1505.712 meters per second:
4940 feet per second = 1505.712 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 0.00066413763056946 × 4940 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 4940 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00066413763056946 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 nine hundred forty feet per second is approximately one thousand five hundred five point seven one two meters per second:
4940 ft/s ≅ 1505.712 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times four thousand nine hundred forty 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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4941 feet per second | 1506.017 meters per second |
4942 feet per second | 1506.322 meters per second |
4943 feet per second | 1506.626 meters per second |
4944 feet per second | 1506.931 meters per second |
4945 feet per second | 1507.236 meters per second |
4946 feet per second | 1507.541 meters per second |
4947 feet per second | 1507.846 meters per second |
4948 feet per second | 1508.15 meters per second |
4949 feet per second | 1508.455 meters per second |
4950 feet per second | 1508.76 meters per second |