Unit Converter
Conversion formula
The conversion factor from kilometers per hour to feet per second is 0.91134441528215, which means that 1 kilometer per hour is equal to 0.91134441528215 feet per second:
1 km/h = 0.91134441528215 ft/s
To convert 8.5 kilometers per hour into feet per second we have to multiply 8.5 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from kilometers per hour to feet per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 km/h → 0.91134441528215 ft/s
8.5 km/h → V(ft/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in feet per second:
V(ft/s) = 8.5 km/h × 0.91134441528215 ft/s
V(ft/s) = 7.7464275298983 ft/s
The final result is:
8.5 km/h → 7.7464275298983 ft/s
We conclude that 8.5 kilometers per hour is equivalent to 7.7464275298983 feet per second:
8.5 kilometers per hour = 7.7464275298983 feet per second
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 foot per second is equal to 0.12909176470578 × 8.5 kilometers per hour.
Another way is saying that 8.5 kilometers per hour is equal to 1 ÷ 0.12909176470578 feet per second.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight point five kilometers per hour is approximately seven point seven four six feet per second:
8.5 km/h ≅ 7.746 ft/s
An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero point one two nine times eight point five kilometers per hour.
Conversion table
kilometers per hour to feet per second chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from kilometers per hour to feet per second
kilometers per hour (km/h) | feet per second (ft/s) |
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9.5 kilometers per hour | 8.658 feet per second |
10.5 kilometers per hour | 9.569 feet per second |
11.5 kilometers per hour | 10.48 feet per second |
12.5 kilometers per hour | 11.392 feet per second |
13.5 kilometers per hour | 12.303 feet per second |
14.5 kilometers per hour | 13.214 feet per second |
15.5 kilometers per hour | 14.126 feet per second |
16.5 kilometers per hour | 15.037 feet per second |
17.5 kilometers per hour | 15.949 feet per second |
18.5 kilometers per hour | 16.86 feet per second |