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 9807 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 9807 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
9807 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 9807 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 2989.1736 m/s
The final result is:
9807 ft/s → 2989.1736 m/s
We conclude that 9807 feet per second is equivalent to 2989.1736 meters per second:
9807 feet per second = 2989.1736 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 0.00033454062353555 × 9807 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 9807 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00033454062353555 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 eight hundred seven feet per second is approximately two thousand nine hundred eighty-nine point one seven four meters per second:
9807 ft/s ≅ 2989.174 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero times nine thousand eight hundred seven 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) |
---|---|
9808 feet per second | 2989.478 meters per second |
9809 feet per second | 2989.783 meters per second |
9810 feet per second | 2990.088 meters per second |
9811 feet per second | 2990.393 meters per second |
9812 feet per second | 2990.698 meters per second |
9813 feet per second | 2991.002 meters per second |
9814 feet per second | 2991.307 meters per second |
9815 feet per second | 2991.612 meters per second |
9816 feet per second | 2991.917 meters per second |
9817 feet per second | 2992.222 meters per second |