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 9700 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 9700 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
9700 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 9700 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 2956.56 m/s
The final result is:
9700 ft/s → 2956.56 m/s
We conclude that 9700 feet per second is equivalent to 2956.56 meters per second:
9700 feet per second = 2956.56 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 0.00033823091701166 × 9700 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 9700 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00033823091701166 meters per second.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that nine thousand seven hundred feet per second is approximately two thousand nine hundred fifty-six point five six meters per second:
9700 ft/s ≅ 2956.56 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero times nine thousand seven hundred 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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9701 feet per second | 2956.865 meters per second |
9702 feet per second | 2957.17 meters per second |
9703 feet per second | 2957.474 meters per second |
9704 feet per second | 2957.779 meters per second |
9705 feet per second | 2958.084 meters per second |
9706 feet per second | 2958.389 meters per second |
9707 feet per second | 2958.694 meters per second |
9708 feet per second | 2958.998 meters per second |
9709 feet per second | 2959.303 meters per second |
9710 feet per second | 2959.608 meters per second |