Unit Converter
Conversion formula
The conversion factor from feet per second to kilometers per hour is 1.0972799999991, which means that 1 foot per second is equal to 1.0972799999991 kilometers per hour:
1 ft/s = 1.0972799999991 km/h
To convert 8.5 feet per second into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 8.5 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to kilometers per hour. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 ft/s → 1.0972799999991 km/h
8.5 ft/s → V(km/h)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in kilometers per hour:
V(km/h) = 8.5 ft/s × 1.0972799999991 km/h
V(km/h) = 9.3268799999925 km/h
The final result is:
8.5 ft/s → 9.3268799999925 km/h
We conclude that 8.5 feet per second is equivalent to 9.3268799999925 kilometers per hour:
8.5 feet per second = 9.3268799999925 kilometers per hour
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer per hour is equal to 0.10721699003319 × 8.5 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 8.5 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.10721699003319 kilometers per hour.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight point five feet per second is approximately nine point three two seven kilometers per hour:
8.5 ft/s ≅ 9.327 km/h
An alternative is also that one kilometer per hour is approximately zero point one zero seven times eight point five feet per second.
Conversion table
feet per second to kilometers per hour chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet per second to kilometers per hour
feet per second (ft/s) | kilometers per hour (km/h) |
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9.5 feet per second | 10.424 kilometers per hour |
10.5 feet per second | 11.521 kilometers per hour |
11.5 feet per second | 12.619 kilometers per hour |
12.5 feet per second | 13.716 kilometers per hour |
13.5 feet per second | 14.813 kilometers per hour |
14.5 feet per second | 15.911 kilometers per hour |
15.5 feet per second | 17.008 kilometers per hour |
16.5 feet per second | 18.105 kilometers per hour |
17.5 feet per second | 19.202 kilometers per hour |
18.5 feet per second | 20.3 kilometers per hour |