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Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet per second to meters per second is 0.3048, which means that 1 foot per second is equal to 0.3048 meters per second:

1 ft/s = 0.3048 m/s

To convert 850 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 850 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to meters per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft/s → 0.3048 m/s

850 ft/s → V(m/s)

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

V(m/s) = 850 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V(m/s) = 259.08 m/s

The final result is:

850 ft/s → 259.08 m/s

We conclude that 850 feet per second is equivalent to 259.08 meters per second:

850 feet per second = 259.08 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 0.0038598116411919 × 850 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 850 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0038598116411919 meters per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight hundred fifty feet per second is approximately two hundred fifty-nine point zero eight meters per second:

850 ft/s ≅ 259.08 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero four times eight hundred fifty feet per second.

Conversion table

feet per second to meters per second chart

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

feet per second (ft/s) meters per second (m/s)
851 feet per second 259.385 meters per second
852 feet per second 259.69 meters per second
853 feet per second 259.994 meters per second
854 feet per second 260.299 meters per second
855 feet per second 260.604 meters per second
856 feet per second 260.909 meters per second
857 feet per second 261.214 meters per second
858 feet per second 261.518 meters per second
859 feet per second 261.823 meters per second
860 feet per second 262.128 meters per second