Conversion formula

The conversion factor from miles per hour to feet per second is 1.4666666666667, which means that 1 mile per hour is equal to 1.4666666666667 feet per second:

1 mph = 1.4666666666667 ft/s

To convert 72.4 miles per hour into feet per second we have to multiply 72.4 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from miles per hour to feet per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 mph → 1.4666666666667 ft/s

72.4 mph → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 72.4 mph × 1.4666666666667 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 106.18666666667 ft/s

The final result is:

72.4 mph → 106.18666666667 ft/s

We conclude that 72.4 miles per hour is equivalent to 106.18666666667 feet per second:

72.4 miles per hour = 106.18666666667 feet per second

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 foot per second is equal to 0.0094173782019086 × 72.4 miles per hour.

Another way is saying that 72.4 miles per hour is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0094173782019086 feet 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 four miles per hour is approximately one hundred six point one eight seven feet per second:

72.4 mph ≅ 106.187 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero point zero zero nine times seventy-two point four miles per hour.

Conversion table

miles per hour to feet per second chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from miles per hour to feet per second