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 5048 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 5048 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
5048 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 5048 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 1538.6304 m/s
The final result is:
5048 ft/s → 1538.6304 m/s
We conclude that 5048 feet per second is equivalent to 1538.6304 meters per second:
5048 feet per second = 1538.6304 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 0.00064992866382986 × 5048 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 5048 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00064992866382986 meters 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-eight feet per second is approximately one thousand five hundred thirty-eight point six three meters per second:
5048 ft/s ≅ 1538.63 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times five thousand forty-eight 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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5049 feet per second | 1538.935 meters per second |
5050 feet per second | 1539.24 meters per second |
5051 feet per second | 1539.545 meters per second |
5052 feet per second | 1539.85 meters per second |
5053 feet per second | 1540.154 meters per second |
5054 feet per second | 1540.459 meters per second |
5055 feet per second | 1540.764 meters per second |
5056 feet per second | 1541.069 meters per second |
5057 feet per second | 1541.374 meters per second |
5058 feet per second | 1541.678 meters per second |