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 50.8 feet into meters we have to multiply 50.8 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

50.8 ft → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 50.8 ft × 0.3048 m

L_(m) = 15.48384 m

The final result is:

50.8 ft → 15.48384 m

We conclude that 50.8 feet is equivalent to 15.48384 meters:

50.8 feet = 15.48384 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.064583462500258 × 50.8 feet.

Another way is saying that 50.8 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.064583462500258 meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that fifty point eight feet is approximately fifteen point four eight four meters:

50.8 ft ≅ 15.484 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point zero six five times fifty 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