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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 989 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 989 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

989 ft/s → V(m/s)

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

V(m/s) = 989 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V(m/s) = 301.4472 m/s

The final result is:

989 ft/s → 301.4472 m/s

We conclude that 989 feet per second is equivalent to 301.4472 meters per second:

989 feet per second = 301.4472 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 0.0033173305308525 × 989 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 989 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0033173305308525 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 eighty-nine feet per second is approximately three hundred one point four four seven meters per second:

989 ft/s ≅ 301.447 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero three times nine 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

feet per second (ft/s) meters per second (m/s)
990 feet per second 301.752 meters per second
991 feet per second 302.057 meters per second
992 feet per second 302.362 meters per second
993 feet per second 302.666 meters per second
994 feet per second 302.971 meters per second
995 feet per second 303.276 meters per second
996 feet per second 303.581 meters per second
997 feet per second 303.886 meters per second
998 feet per second 304.19 meters per second
999 feet per second 304.495 meters per second