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 587 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 587 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

587 ft/s → V_(m/s)

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

V_(m/s) = 587 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V_(m/s) = 178.9176 m/s

The final result is:

587 ft/s → 178.9176 m/s

We conclude that 587 feet per second is equivalent to 178.9176 meters per second:

587 feet per second = 178.9176 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 0.0055891650681655 × 587 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 587 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0055891650681655 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 eighty-seven feet per second is approximately one hundred seventy-eight point nine one eight meters per second:

587 ft/s ≅ 178.918 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero six times five hundred eighty-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