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 5060 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 5060 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
5060 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 5060 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 1542.288 m/s
The final result is:
5060 ft/s → 1542.288 m/s
We conclude that 5060 feet per second is equivalent to 1542.288 meters per second:
5060 feet per second = 1542.288 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 0.00064838733103026 × 5060 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 5060 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00064838733103026 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 sixty feet per second is approximately one thousand five hundred forty-two point two eight eight meters per second:
5060 ft/s ≅ 1542.288 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times five thousand sixty 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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5061 feet per second | 1542.593 meters per second |
5062 feet per second | 1542.898 meters per second |
5063 feet per second | 1543.202 meters per second |
5064 feet per second | 1543.507 meters per second |
5065 feet per second | 1543.812 meters per second |
5066 feet per second | 1544.117 meters per second |
5067 feet per second | 1544.422 meters per second |
5068 feet per second | 1544.726 meters per second |
5069 feet per second | 1545.031 meters per second |
5070 feet per second | 1545.336 meters per second |