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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 56.1 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 56.1 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

56.1 ft/s → V(m/s)

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

V(m/s) = 56.1 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V(m/s) = 17.09928 m/s

The final result is:

56.1 ft/s → 17.09928 m/s

We conclude that 56.1 feet per second is equivalent to 17.09928 meters per second:

56.1 feet per second = 17.09928 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 0.058481994563514 × 56.1 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 56.1 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.058481994563514 meters per second.

Approximate result

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

56.1 ft/s ≅ 17.099 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero five eight times fifty-six point one 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)
57.1 feet per second 17.404 meters per second
58.1 feet per second 17.709 meters per second
59.1 feet per second 18.014 meters per second
60.1 feet per second 18.318 meters per second
61.1 feet per second 18.623 meters per second
62.1 feet per second 18.928 meters per second
63.1 feet per second 19.233 meters per second
64.1 feet per second 19.538 meters per second
65.1 feet per second 19.842 meters per second
66.1 feet per second 20.147 meters per second