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Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet to meters is 0.3048, which means that 1 foot is equal to 0.3048 meters:

1 ft = 0.3048 m

To convert 5.8 feet into meters we have to multiply 5.8 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from feet to meters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft → 0.3048 m

5.8 ft → L(m)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in meters:

L(m) = 5.8 ft × 0.3048 m

L(m) = 1.76784 m

The final result is:

5.8 ft → 1.76784 m

We conclude that 5.8 feet is equivalent to 1.76784 meters:

5.8 feet = 1.76784 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.56566205086433 × 5.8 feet.

Another way is saying that 5.8 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.56566205086433 meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five point eight feet is approximately one point seven six eight meters:

5.8 ft ≅ 1.768 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point five six six times five point eight feet.

Conversion table

feet to meters chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet to meters

feet (ft) meters (m)
6.8 feet 2.073 meters
7.8 feet 2.377 meters
8.8 feet 2.682 meters
9.8 feet 2.987 meters
10.8 feet 3.292 meters
11.8 feet 3.597 meters
12.8 feet 3.901 meters
13.8 feet 4.206 meters
14.8 feet 4.511 meters
15.8 feet 4.816 meters