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 4997 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 4997 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
4997 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 4997 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 1523.0856 m/s
The final result is:
4997 ft/s → 1523.0856 m/s
We conclude that 4997 feet per second is equivalent to 1523.0856 meters per second:
4997 feet per second = 1523.0856 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 0.00065656191615232 × 4997 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 4997 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00065656191615232 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 ninety-seven feet per second is approximately one thousand five hundred twenty-three point zero eight six meters per second:
4997 ft/s ≅ 1523.086 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times four thousand nine 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) |
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4998 feet per second | 1523.39 meters per second |
4999 feet per second | 1523.695 meters per second |
5000 feet per second | 1524 meters per second |
5001 feet per second | 1524.305 meters per second |
5002 feet per second | 1524.61 meters per second |
5003 feet per second | 1524.914 meters per second |
5004 feet per second | 1525.219 meters per second |
5005 feet per second | 1525.524 meters per second |
5006 feet per second | 1525.829 meters per second |
5007 feet per second | 1526.134 meters per second |