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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 55.6 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 55.6 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

55.6 ft/s → V(m/s)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:

V(m/s) = 55.6 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V(m/s) = 16.94688 m/s

The final result is:

55.6 ft/s → 16.94688 m/s

We conclude that 55.6 feet per second is equivalent to 16.94688 meters per second:

55.6 feet per second = 16.94688 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 0.059007911780812 × 55.6 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 55.6 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.059007911780812 meters per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that fifty-five point six feet per second is approximately sixteen point nine four seven meters per second:

55.6 ft/s ≅ 16.947 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero five nine times fifty-five point six 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)
56.6 feet per second 17.252 meters per second
57.6 feet per second 17.556 meters per second
58.6 feet per second 17.861 meters per second
59.6 feet per second 18.166 meters per second
60.6 feet per second 18.471 meters per second
61.6 feet per second 18.776 meters per second
62.6 feet per second 19.08 meters per second
63.6 feet per second 19.385 meters per second
64.6 feet per second 19.69 meters per second
65.6 feet per second 19.995 meters per second