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 5980 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 5980 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
5980 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 5980 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 1822.704 m/s
The final result is:
5980 ft/s → 1822.704 m/s
We conclude that 5980 feet per second is equivalent to 1822.704 meters per second:
5980 feet per second = 1822.704 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 0.00054863543394868 × 5980 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 5980 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00054863543394868 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 nine hundred eighty feet per second is approximately one thousand eight hundred twenty-two point seven zero four meters per second:
5980 ft/s ≅ 1822.704 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times five thousand nine hundred eighty 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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5981 feet per second | 1823.009 meters per second |
5982 feet per second | 1823.314 meters per second |
5983 feet per second | 1823.618 meters per second |
5984 feet per second | 1823.923 meters per second |
5985 feet per second | 1824.228 meters per second |
5986 feet per second | 1824.533 meters per second |
5987 feet per second | 1824.838 meters per second |
5988 feet per second | 1825.142 meters per second |
5989 feet per second | 1825.447 meters per second |
5990 feet per second | 1825.752 meters per second |