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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 717 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 717 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

717 ft/s → V(m/s)

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

V(m/s) = 717 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V(m/s) = 218.5416 m/s

The final result is:

717 ft/s → 218.5416 m/s

We conclude that 717 feet per second is equivalent to 218.5416 meters per second:

717 feet per second = 218.5416 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 0.0045757878591536 × 717 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 717 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0045757878591536 meters per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seven hundred seventeen feet per second is approximately two hundred eighteen point five four two meters per second:

717 ft/s ≅ 218.542 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero five times seven hundred seventeen 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)
718 feet per second 218.846 meters per second
719 feet per second 219.151 meters per second
720 feet per second 219.456 meters per second
721 feet per second 219.761 meters per second
722 feet per second 220.066 meters per second
723 feet per second 220.37 meters per second
724 feet per second 220.675 meters per second
725 feet per second 220.98 meters per second
726 feet per second 221.285 meters per second
727 feet per second 221.59 meters per second