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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 560 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 560 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

560 ft/s → V(m/s)

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

V(m/s) = 560 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V(m/s) = 170.688 m/s

The final result is:

560 ft/s → 170.688 m/s

We conclude that 560 feet per second is equivalent to 170.688 meters per second:

560 feet per second = 170.688 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 0.0058586426696663 × 560 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 560 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0058586426696663 meters per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five hundred sixty feet per second is approximately one hundred seventy point six eight eight meters per second:

560 ft/s ≅ 170.688 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero six times five hundred sixty 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)
561 feet per second 170.993 meters per second
562 feet per second 171.298 meters per second
563 feet per second 171.602 meters per second
564 feet per second 171.907 meters per second
565 feet per second 172.212 meters per second
566 feet per second 172.517 meters per second
567 feet per second 172.822 meters per second
568 feet per second 173.126 meters per second
569 feet per second 173.431 meters per second
570 feet per second 173.736 meters per second