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 4989 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 4989 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
4989 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 4989 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 1520.6472 m/s
The final result is:
4989 ft/s → 1520.6472 m/s
We conclude that 4989 feet per second is equivalent to 1520.6472 meters per second:
4989 feet per second = 1520.6472 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 0.00065761473141173 × 4989 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 4989 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00065761473141173 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 eighty-nine feet per second is approximately one thousand five hundred twenty point six four seven meters per second:
4989 ft/s ≅ 1520.647 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times four thousand nine hundred eighty-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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4990 feet per second | 1520.952 meters per second |
4991 feet per second | 1521.257 meters per second |
4992 feet per second | 1521.562 meters per second |
4993 feet per second | 1521.866 meters per second |
4994 feet per second | 1522.171 meters per second |
4995 feet per second | 1522.476 meters per second |
4996 feet per second | 1522.781 meters per second |
4997 feet per second | 1523.086 meters per second |
4998 feet per second | 1523.39 meters per second |
4999 feet per second | 1523.695 meters per second |