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 98 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 98 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
98 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 98 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 29.8704 m/s
The final result is:
98 ft/s → 29.8704 m/s
We conclude that 98 feet per second is equivalent to 29.8704 meters per second:
98 feet per second = 29.8704 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 0.033477958112379 × 98 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 98 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.033477958112379 meters per second.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that ninety-eight feet per second is approximately twenty-nine point eight seven meters per second:
98 ft/s ≅ 29.87 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero three three times ninety-eight 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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99 feet per second | 30.175 meters per second |
100 feet per second | 30.48 meters per second |
101 feet per second | 30.785 meters per second |
102 feet per second | 31.09 meters per second |
103 feet per second | 31.394 meters per second |
104 feet per second | 31.699 meters per second |
105 feet per second | 32.004 meters per second |
106 feet per second | 32.309 meters per second |
107 feet per second | 32.614 meters per second |
108 feet per second | 32.918 meters per second |