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 71.7 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 71.7 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
71.7 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 71.7 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 21.85416 m/s
The final result is:
71.7 ft/s → 21.85416 m/s
We conclude that 71.7 feet per second is equivalent to 21.85416 meters per second:
71.7 feet per second = 21.85416 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 0.045757878591536 × 71.7 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 71.7 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.045757878591536 meters per second.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seventy-one point seven feet per second is approximately twenty-one point eight five four meters per second:
71.7 ft/s ≅ 21.854 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero four six times seventy-one point 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
feet per second (ft/s) | meters per second (m/s) |
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72.7 feet per second | 22.159 meters per second |
73.7 feet per second | 22.464 meters per second |
74.7 feet per second | 22.769 meters per second |
75.7 feet per second | 23.073 meters per second |
76.7 feet per second | 23.378 meters per second |
77.7 feet per second | 23.683 meters per second |
78.7 feet per second | 23.988 meters per second |
79.7 feet per second | 24.293 meters per second |
80.7 feet per second | 24.597 meters per second |
81.7 feet per second | 24.902 meters per second |