Unit Converter
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 8999 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 8999 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
8999 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 8999 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 2742.8952 m/s
The final result is:
8999 ft/s → 2742.8952 m/s
We conclude that 8999 feet per second is equivalent to 2742.8952 meters per second:
8999 feet per second = 2742.8952 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 0.00036457827480977 × 8999 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 8999 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00036457827480977 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 ninety-nine feet per second is approximately two thousand seven hundred forty-two point eight nine five meters per second:
8999 ft/s ≅ 2742.895 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero times eight thousand nine hundred ninety-nine 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) |
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9000 feet per second | 2743.2 meters per second |
9001 feet per second | 2743.505 meters per second |
9002 feet per second | 2743.81 meters per second |
9003 feet per second | 2744.114 meters per second |
9004 feet per second | 2744.419 meters per second |
9005 feet per second | 2744.724 meters per second |
9006 feet per second | 2745.029 meters per second |
9007 feet per second | 2745.334 meters per second |
9008 feet per second | 2745.638 meters per second |
9009 feet per second | 2745.943 meters per second |