Conversion formula

The conversion factor from miles per hour to meters per second is 0.44704, which means that 1 mile per hour is equal to 0.44704 meters per second:

1 mph = 0.44704 m/s

To convert 8970 miles per hour into meters per second we have to multiply 8970 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from miles per hour to meters per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 mph → 0.44704 m/s

8970 mph → V_(m/s)

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

V_(m/s) = 8970 mph × 0.44704 m/s

V_(m/s) = 4009.9488 m/s

The final result is:

8970 mph → 4009.9488 m/s

We conclude that 8970 miles per hour is equivalent to 4009.9488 meters per second:

8970 miles per hour = 4009.9488 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 0.00024937974270395 × 8970 miles per hour.

Another way is saying that 8970 miles per hour is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00024937974270395 meters per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight thousand nine hundred seventy miles per hour is approximately four thousand nine point nine four nine meters per second:

8970 mph ≅ 4009.949 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero times eight thousand nine hundred seventy miles per hour.

Conversion table

miles per hour to meters per second chart

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