Unit Converter
Conversion formula
The conversion factor from feet per second to miles per hour is 0.68181818181818, which means that 1 foot per second is equal to 0.68181818181818 miles per hour:
1 ft/s = 0.68181818181818 mph
To convert 8500 feet per second into miles per hour we have to multiply 8500 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to miles per hour. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 ft/s → 0.68181818181818 mph
8500 ft/s → V(mph)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in miles per hour:
V(mph) = 8500 ft/s × 0.68181818181818 mph
V(mph) = 5795.4545454545 mph
The final result is:
8500 ft/s → 5795.4545454545 mph
We conclude that 8500 feet per second is equivalent to 5795.4545454545 miles per hour:
8500 feet per second = 5795.4545454545 miles per hour
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 mile per hour is equal to 0.00017254901960784 × 8500 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 8500 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00017254901960784 miles per hour.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight thousand five hundred feet per second is approximately five thousand seven hundred ninety-five point four five five miles per hour:
8500 ft/s ≅ 5795.455 mph
An alternative is also that one mile per hour is approximately zero times eight thousand five hundred feet per second.
Conversion table
feet per second to miles per hour chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet per second to miles per hour
feet per second (ft/s) | miles per hour (mph) |
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8501 feet per second | 5796.136 miles per hour |
8502 feet per second | 5796.818 miles per hour |
8503 feet per second | 5797.5 miles per hour |
8504 feet per second | 5798.182 miles per hour |
8505 feet per second | 5798.864 miles per hour |
8506 feet per second | 5799.545 miles per hour |
8507 feet per second | 5800.227 miles per hour |
8508 feet per second | 5800.909 miles per hour |
8509 feet per second | 5801.591 miles per hour |
8510 feet per second | 5802.273 miles per hour |