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 7200 feet per second into miles per hour we have to multiply 7200 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

7200 ft/s → V_(mph)

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

V_(mph) = 7200 ft/s × 0.68181818181818 mph

V_(mph) = 4909.0909090909 mph

The final result is:

7200 ft/s → 4909.0909090909 mph

We conclude that 7200 feet per second is equivalent to 4909.0909090909 miles per hour:

7200 feet per second = 4909.0909090909 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 0.0002037037037037 × 7200 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 7200 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0002037037037037 miles per hour.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seven thousand two hundred feet per second is approximately four thousand nine hundred nine point zero nine one miles per hour:

7200 ft/s ≅ 4909.091 mph

An alternative is also that one mile per hour is approximately zero times seven thousand two hundred 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