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 9889 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 9889 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

9889 ft/s → V_(m/s)

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

V_(m/s) = 9889 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V_(m/s) = 3014.1672 m/s

The final result is:

9889 ft/s → 3014.1672 m/s

We conclude that 9889 feet per second is equivalent to 3014.1672 meters per second:

9889 feet per second = 3014.1672 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 0.00033176659874741 × 9889 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 9889 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00033176659874741 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 eighty-nine feet per second is approximately three thousand fourteen point one six seven meters per second:

9889 ft/s ≅ 3014.167 m/s

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