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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 887 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 887 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

887 ft/s → V(m/s)

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

V(m/s) = 887 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V(m/s) = 270.3576 m/s

The final result is:

887 ft/s → 270.3576 m/s

We conclude that 887 feet per second is equivalent to 270.3576 meters per second:

887 feet per second = 270.3576 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 0.0036988048421794 × 887 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 887 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0036988048421794 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 eighty-seven feet per second is approximately two hundred seventy point three five eight meters per second:

887 ft/s ≅ 270.358 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero four times eight hundred eighty-seven 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)
888 feet per second 270.662 meters per second
889 feet per second 270.967 meters per second
890 feet per second 271.272 meters per second
891 feet per second 271.577 meters per second
892 feet per second 271.882 meters per second
893 feet per second 272.186 meters per second
894 feet per second 272.491 meters per second
895 feet per second 272.796 meters per second
896 feet per second 273.101 meters per second
897 feet per second 273.406 meters per second