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 5142 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 5142 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
5142 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 5142 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 1567.2816 m/s
The final result is:
5142 ft/s → 1567.2816 m/s
We conclude that 5142 feet per second is equivalent to 1567.2816 meters per second:
5142 feet per second = 1567.2816 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 0.00063804743193565 × 5142 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 5142 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00063804743193565 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 one hundred forty-two feet per second is approximately one thousand five hundred sixty-seven point two eight two meters per second:
5142 ft/s ≅ 1567.282 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times five thousand one hundred forty-two 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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5143 feet per second | 1567.586 meters per second |
5144 feet per second | 1567.891 meters per second |
5145 feet per second | 1568.196 meters per second |
5146 feet per second | 1568.501 meters per second |
5147 feet per second | 1568.806 meters per second |
5148 feet per second | 1569.11 meters per second |
5149 feet per second | 1569.415 meters per second |
5150 feet per second | 1569.72 meters per second |
5151 feet per second | 1570.025 meters per second |
5152 feet per second | 1570.33 meters per second |