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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 72.2 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 72.2 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

72.2 ft/s → V(m/s)

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

V(m/s) = 72.2 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V(m/s) = 22.00656 m/s

The final result is:

72.2 ft/s → 22.00656 m/s

We conclude that 72.2 feet per second is equivalent to 22.00656 meters per second:

72.2 feet per second = 22.00656 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 0.045440995775805 × 72.2 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 72.2 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.045440995775805 meters per second.

Approximate result

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

72.2 ft/s ≅ 22.007 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero four five times seventy-two point two 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)
73.2 feet per second 22.311 meters per second
74.2 feet per second 22.616 meters per second
75.2 feet per second 22.921 meters per second
76.2 feet per second 23.226 meters per second
77.2 feet per second 23.531 meters per second
78.2 feet per second 23.835 meters per second
79.2 feet per second 24.14 meters per second
80.2 feet per second 24.445 meters per second
81.2 feet per second 24.75 meters per second
82.2 feet per second 25.055 meters per second