Unit Converter
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 720 feet per second into miles per hour we have to multiply 720 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
720 ft/s → V(mph)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in miles per hour:
V(mph) = 720 ft/s × 0.68181818181818 mph
V(mph) = 490.90909090909 mph
The final result is:
720 ft/s → 490.90909090909 mph
We conclude that 720 feet per second is equivalent to 490.90909090909 miles per hour:
720 feet per second = 490.90909090909 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 0.002037037037037 × 720 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 720 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.002037037037037 miles per hour.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seven hundred twenty feet per second is approximately four hundred ninety point nine zero nine miles per hour:
720 ft/s ≅ 490.909 mph
An alternative is also that one mile per hour is approximately zero point zero zero two times seven hundred twenty 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) |
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721 feet per second | 491.591 miles per hour |
722 feet per second | 492.273 miles per hour |
723 feet per second | 492.955 miles per hour |
724 feet per second | 493.636 miles per hour |
725 feet per second | 494.318 miles per hour |
726 feet per second | 495 miles per hour |
727 feet per second | 495.682 miles per hour |
728 feet per second | 496.364 miles per hour |
729 feet per second | 497.045 miles per hour |
730 feet per second | 497.727 miles per hour |