85 miles per hour in meters per second

How many meters per second in 85 miles per hour?

85 miles per hour equals 37.998 meters per second

Unit Converter

Conversion formula

The conversion factor from miles per hour to meters per second is 0.44704, which means that 1 mile per hour is equal to 0.44704 meters per second:

1 mph = 0.44704 m/s

To convert 85 miles per hour into meters per second we have to multiply 85 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from miles per hour to meters per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 mph → 0.44704 m/s

85 mph → V(m/s)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:

V(m/s) = 85 mph × 0.44704 m/s

V(m/s) = 37.9984 m/s

The final result is:

85 mph → 37.9984 m/s

We conclude that 85 miles per hour is equivalent to 37.9984 meters per second:

85 miles per hour = 37.9984 meters per second

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter per second is equal to 0.026316897553581 × 85 miles per hour.

Another way is saying that 85 miles per hour is equal to 1 ÷ 0.026316897553581 meters per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eighty-five miles per hour is approximately thirty-seven point nine nine eight meters per second:

85 mph ≅ 37.998 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero two six times eighty-five miles per hour.

Conversion table

miles per hour to meters per second chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from miles per hour to meters per second

miles per hour (mph) meters per second (m/s)
86 miles per hour 38.445 meters per second
87 miles per hour 38.892 meters per second
88 miles per hour 39.34 meters per second
89 miles per hour 39.787 meters per second
90 miles per hour 40.234 meters per second
91 miles per hour 40.681 meters per second
92 miles per hour 41.128 meters per second
93 miles per hour 41.575 meters per second
94 miles per hour 42.022 meters per second
95 miles per hour 42.469 meters per second