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 5248 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 5248 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
5248 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 5248 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 1599.5904 m/s
The final result is:
5248 ft/s → 1599.5904 m/s
We conclude that 5248 feet per second is equivalent to 1599.5904 meters per second:
5248 feet per second = 1599.5904 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 0.00062516004097049 × 5248 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 5248 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00062516004097049 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 two hundred forty-eight feet per second is approximately one thousand five hundred ninety-nine point five nine meters per second:
5248 ft/s ≅ 1599.59 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times five thousand two hundred 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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5249 feet per second | 1599.895 meters per second |
5250 feet per second | 1600.2 meters per second |
5251 feet per second | 1600.505 meters per second |
5252 feet per second | 1600.81 meters per second |
5253 feet per second | 1601.114 meters per second |
5254 feet per second | 1601.419 meters per second |
5255 feet per second | 1601.724 meters per second |
5256 feet per second | 1602.029 meters per second |
5257 feet per second | 1602.334 meters per second |
5258 feet per second | 1602.638 meters per second |