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Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet per second to miles per hour is 0.68181818181818, which means that 1 foot per second is equal to 0.68181818181818 miles per hour:

1 ft/s = 0.68181818181818 mph

To convert 72.7 feet per second into miles per hour we have to multiply 72.7 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to miles per hour. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft/s → 0.68181818181818 mph

72.7 ft/s → V(mph)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in miles per hour:

V(mph) = 72.7 ft/s × 0.68181818181818 mph

V(mph) = 49.568181818182 mph

The final result is:

72.7 ft/s → 49.568181818182 mph

We conclude that 72.7 feet per second is equivalent to 49.568181818182 miles per hour:

72.7 feet per second = 49.568181818182 miles per hour

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 mile per hour is equal to 0.020174232003668 × 72.7 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 72.7 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.020174232003668 miles per hour.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seventy-two point seven feet per second is approximately forty-nine point five six eight miles per hour:

72.7 ft/s ≅ 49.568 mph

An alternative is also that one mile per hour is approximately zero point zero two times seventy-two point seven feet per second.

Conversion table

feet per second to miles per hour chart

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

feet per second (ft/s) miles per hour (mph)
73.7 feet per second 50.25 miles per hour
74.7 feet per second 50.932 miles per hour
75.7 feet per second 51.614 miles per hour
76.7 feet per second 52.295 miles per hour
77.7 feet per second 52.977 miles per hour
78.7 feet per second 53.659 miles per hour
79.7 feet per second 54.341 miles per hour
80.7 feet per second 55.023 miles per hour
81.7 feet per second 55.705 miles per hour
82.7 feet per second 56.386 miles per hour