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 5485 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 5485 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
5485 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 5485 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 1671.828 m/s
The final result is:
5485 ft/s → 1671.828 m/s
We conclude that 5485 feet per second is equivalent to 1671.828 meters per second:
5485 feet per second = 1671.828 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 0.00059814765633785 × 5485 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 5485 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00059814765633785 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 four hundred eighty-five feet per second is approximately one thousand six hundred seventy-one point eight two eight meters per second:
5485 ft/s ≅ 1671.828 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times five thousand four hundred eighty-five 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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5486 feet per second | 1672.133 meters per second |
5487 feet per second | 1672.438 meters per second |
5488 feet per second | 1672.742 meters per second |
5489 feet per second | 1673.047 meters per second |
5490 feet per second | 1673.352 meters per second |
5491 feet per second | 1673.657 meters per second |
5492 feet per second | 1673.962 meters per second |
5493 feet per second | 1674.266 meters per second |
5494 feet per second | 1674.571 meters per second |
5495 feet per second | 1674.876 meters per second |