971 feet per second in meters per second

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 971 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 971 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

971 ft/s → V_(m/s)

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

V_(m/s) = 971 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V_(m/s) = 295.9608 m/s

The final result is:

971 ft/s → 295.9608 m/s

We conclude that 971 feet per second is equivalent to 295.9608 meters per second:

971 feet per second = 295.9608 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 0.0033788258445037 × 971 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 971 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0033788258445037 meters per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that nine hundred seventy-one feet per second is approximately two hundred ninety-five point nine six one meters per second:

971 ft/s ≅ 295.961 m/s

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