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 9808 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 9808 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

9808 ft/s → V_(m/s)

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

V_(m/s) = 9808 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V_(m/s) = 2989.4784 m/s

The final result is:

9808 ft/s → 2989.4784 m/s

We conclude that 9808 feet per second is equivalent to 2989.4784 meters per second:

9808 feet per second = 2989.4784 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 0.00033450651458127 × 9808 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 9808 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00033450651458127 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 eight feet per second is approximately two thousand nine hundred eighty-nine point four seven eight meters per second:

9808 ft/s ≅ 2989.478 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero times nine thousand eight hundred 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