Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet per second to knots is 0.59248380129641, which means that 1 foot per second is equal to 0.59248380129641 knots:

1 ft/s = 0.59248380129641 kt

To convert 7842 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 7842 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to knots. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft/s → 0.59248380129641 kt

7842 ft/s → V_(kt)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in knots:

V_(kt) = 7842 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 4646.2579697664 kt

The final result is:

7842 ft/s → 4646.2579697664 kt

We conclude that 7842 feet per second is equivalent to 4646.2579697664 knots:

7842 feet per second = 4646.2579697664 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.0002152269646901 × 7842 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 7842 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0002152269646901 knots.

Approximate result

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

7842 ft/s ≅ 4646.258 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero times seven thousand eight hundred forty-two feet per second.

Conversion table

feet per second to knots chart

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