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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 870 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 870 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

870 ft/s → V(m/s)

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

V(m/s) = 870 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V(m/s) = 265.176 m/s

The final result is:

870 ft/s → 265.176 m/s

We conclude that 870 feet per second is equivalent to 265.176 meters per second:

870 feet per second = 265.176 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 0.0037710803390955 × 870 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 870 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0037710803390955 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 seventy feet per second is approximately two hundred sixty-five point one seven six meters per second:

870 ft/s ≅ 265.176 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero four times eight hundred seventy 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)
871 feet per second 265.481 meters per second
872 feet per second 265.786 meters per second
873 feet per second 266.09 meters per second
874 feet per second 266.395 meters per second
875 feet per second 266.7 meters per second
876 feet per second 267.005 meters per second
877 feet per second 267.31 meters per second
878 feet per second 267.614 meters per second
879 feet per second 267.919 meters per second
880 feet per second 268.224 meters per second