Unit Converter
Conversion formula
The conversion factor from meters per second to feet per second is 3.2808398950131, which means that 1 meter per second is equal to 3.2808398950131 feet per second:
1 m/s = 3.2808398950131 ft/s
To convert 5042 meters per second into feet per second we have to multiply 5042 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from meters per second to feet per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 m/s → 3.2808398950131 ft/s
5042 m/s → V(ft/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in feet per second:
V(ft/s) = 5042 m/s × 3.2808398950131 ft/s
V(ft/s) = 16541.994750656 ft/s
The final result is:
5042 m/s → 16541.994750656 ft/s
We conclude that 5042 meters per second is equivalent to 16541.994750656 feet per second:
5042 meters per second = 16541.994750656 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 6.0452201507338E-5 × 5042 meters per second.
Another way is saying that 5042 meters per second is equal to 1 ÷ 6.0452201507338E-5 feet per second.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five thousand forty-two meters per second is approximately sixteen thousand five hundred forty-one point nine nine five feet per second:
5042 m/s ≅ 16541.995 ft/s
An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times five thousand forty-two meters per second.
Conversion table
meters per second to feet per second chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from meters per second to feet per second
meters per second (m/s) | feet per second (ft/s) |
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5043 meters per second | 16545.276 feet per second |
5044 meters per second | 16548.556 feet per second |
5045 meters per second | 16551.837 feet per second |
5046 meters per second | 16555.118 feet per second |
5047 meters per second | 16558.399 feet per second |
5048 meters per second | 16561.68 feet per second |
5049 meters per second | 16564.961 feet per second |
5050 meters per second | 16568.241 feet per second |
5051 meters per second | 16571.522 feet per second |
5052 meters per second | 16574.803 feet per second |