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 5508 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 5508 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
5508 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 5508 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 1678.8384 m/s
The final result is:
5508 ft/s → 1678.8384 m/s
We conclude that 5508 feet per second is equivalent to 1678.8384 meters per second:
5508 feet per second = 1678.8384 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 0.00059564994462838 × 5508 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 5508 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00059564994462838 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 five hundred eight feet per second is approximately one thousand six hundred seventy-eight point eight three eight meters per second:
5508 ft/s ≅ 1678.838 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times five thousand five hundred 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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5509 feet per second | 1679.143 meters per second |
5510 feet per second | 1679.448 meters per second |
5511 feet per second | 1679.753 meters per second |
5512 feet per second | 1680.058 meters per second |
5513 feet per second | 1680.362 meters per second |
5514 feet per second | 1680.667 meters per second |
5515 feet per second | 1680.972 meters per second |
5516 feet per second | 1681.277 meters per second |
5517 feet per second | 1681.582 meters per second |
5518 feet per second | 1681.886 meters per second |