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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 849.8 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 849.8 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

849.8 ft/s → V(kt)

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

V(kt) = 849.8 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V(kt) = 503.49273434169 kt

The final result is:

849.8 ft/s → 503.49273434169 kt

We conclude that 849.8 feet per second is equivalent to 503.49273434169 knots:

849.8 feet per second = 503.49273434169 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.0019861259791713 × 849.8 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 849.8 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0019861259791713 knots.

Approximate result

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

849.8 ft/s ≅ 503.493 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point zero zero two times eight hundred forty-nine point eight 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

feet per second (ft/s) knots (kt)
850.8 feet per second 504.085 knots
851.8 feet per second 504.678 knots
852.8 feet per second 505.27 knots
853.8 feet per second 505.863 knots
854.8 feet per second 506.455 knots
855.8 feet per second 507.048 knots
856.8 feet per second 507.64 knots
857.8 feet per second 508.233 knots
858.8 feet per second 508.825 knots
859.8 feet per second 509.418 knots