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 9973 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 9973 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

9973 ft/s → V_(m/s)

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

V_(m/s) = 9973 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V_(m/s) = 3039.7704 m/s

The final result is:

9973 ft/s → 3039.7704 m/s

We conclude that 9973 feet per second is equivalent to 3039.7704 meters per second:

9973 feet per second = 3039.7704 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 0.00032897221448041 × 9973 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 9973 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00032897221448041 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 nine hundred seventy-three feet per second is approximately three thousand thirty-nine point seven seven meters per second:

9973 ft/s ≅ 3039.77 m/s

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