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 8977 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 8977 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

8977 ft/s → V_(m/s)

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

V_(m/s) = 8977 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V_(m/s) = 2736.1896 m/s

The final result is:

8977 ft/s → 2736.1896 m/s

We conclude that 8977 feet per second is equivalent to 2736.1896 meters per second:

8977 feet per second = 2736.1896 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 0.00036547174947233 × 8977 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8977 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00036547174947233 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-seven feet per second is approximately two thousand seven hundred thirty-six point one nine meters per second:

8977 ft/s ≅ 2736.19 m/s

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