Conversion formula

The conversion factor from kilometers per hour to meters per second is 0.277777777778, which means that 1 kilometer per hour is equal to 0.277777777778 meters per second:

1 km/h = 0.277777777778 m/s

To convert 972 kilometers per hour into meters per second we have to multiply 972 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from kilometers per hour to meters per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 km/h → 0.277777777778 m/s

972 km/h → V_(m/s)

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

V_(m/s) = 972 km/h × 0.277777777778 m/s

V_(m/s) = 270.00000000022 m/s

The final result is:

972 km/h → 270.00000000022 m/s

We conclude that 972 kilometers per hour is equivalent to 270.00000000022 meters per second:

972 kilometers per hour = 270.00000000022 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 0.0037037037037007 × 972 kilometers per hour.

Another way is saying that 972 kilometers per hour is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0037037037037007 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-two kilometers per hour is approximately two hundred seventy meters per second:

972 km/h ≅ 270 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero four times nine hundred seventy-two kilometers per hour.

Conversion table

kilometers per hour to meters per second chart

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