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 55.7 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 55.7 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
55.7 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 55.7 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 16.97736 m/s
The final result is:
55.7 ft/s → 16.97736 m/s
We conclude that 55.7 feet per second is equivalent to 16.97736 meters per second:
55.7 feet per second = 16.97736 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 0.058901972980487 × 55.7 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 55.7 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.058901972980487 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 seven feet per second is approximately sixteen point nine seven seven meters per second:
55.7 ft/s ≅ 16.977 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero five nine times fifty-five point seven 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) |
---|---|
56.7 feet per second | 17.282 meters per second |
57.7 feet per second | 17.587 meters per second |
58.7 feet per second | 17.892 meters per second |
59.7 feet per second | 18.197 meters per second |
60.7 feet per second | 18.501 meters per second |
61.7 feet per second | 18.806 meters per second |
62.7 feet per second | 19.111 meters per second |
63.7 feet per second | 19.416 meters per second |
64.7 feet per second | 19.721 meters per second |
65.7 feet per second | 20.025 meters per second |