Conversion formula

The conversion factor from miles per hour to feet per second is 1.4666666666667, which means that 1 mile per hour is equal to 1.4666666666667 feet per second:

1 mph = 1.4666666666667 ft/s

To convert 4940 miles per hour into feet per second we have to multiply 4940 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from miles per hour to feet per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 mph → 1.4666666666667 ft/s

4940 mph → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4940 mph × 1.4666666666667 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 7245.3333333333 ft/s

The final result is:

4940 mph → 7245.3333333333 ft/s

We conclude that 4940 miles per hour is equivalent to 7245.3333333333 feet per second:

4940 miles per hour = 7245.3333333333 feet per second

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 foot per second is equal to 0.00013801987486198 × 4940 miles per hour.

Another way is saying that 4940 miles per hour is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00013801987486198 feet 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 miles per hour is approximately seven thousand two hundred forty-five point three three three feet per second:

4940 mph ≅ 7245.333 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times four thousand nine hundred forty miles per hour.

Conversion table

miles per hour to feet per second chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from miles per hour to feet per second