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 7146 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 7146 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

7146 ft/s → V_(m/s)

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

V_(m/s) = 7146 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V_(m/s) = 2178.1008 m/s

The final result is:

7146 ft/s → 2178.1008 m/s

We conclude that 7146 feet per second is equivalent to 2178.1008 meters per second:

7146 feet per second = 2178.1008 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 0.00045911557444908 × 7146 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 7146 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00045911557444908 meters per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seven thousand one hundred forty-six feet per second is approximately two thousand one hundred seventy-eight point one zero one meters per second:

7146 ft/s ≅ 2178.101 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero times seven thousand one hundred forty-six 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