Conversion formula

The conversion factor from kilometers per hour to feet per second is 0.91134441528215, which means that 1 kilometer per hour is equal to 0.91134441528215 feet per second:

1 km/h = 0.91134441528215 ft/s

To convert 8742 kilometers per hour into feet per second we have to multiply 8742 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from kilometers per hour to feet per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 km/h → 0.91134441528215 ft/s

8742 km/h → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 8742 km/h × 0.91134441528215 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 7966.9728783966 ft/s

The final result is:

8742 km/h → 7966.9728783966 ft/s

We conclude that 8742 kilometers per hour is equivalent to 7966.9728783966 feet per second:

8742 kilometers per hour = 7966.9728783966 feet per second

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 foot per second is equal to 0.00012551818805755 × 8742 kilometers per hour.

Another way is saying that 8742 kilometers per hour is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00012551818805755 feet per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight thousand seven hundred forty-two kilometers per hour is approximately seven thousand nine hundred sixty-six point nine seven three feet per second:

8742 km/h ≅ 7966.973 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times eight thousand seven hundred forty-two kilometers per hour.

Conversion table

kilometers per hour to feet per second chart

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