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 159.3 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 159.3 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
159.3 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 159.3 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 48.55464 m/s
The final result is:
159.3 ft/s → 48.55464 m/s
We conclude that 159.3 feet per second is equivalent to 48.55464 meters per second:
159.3 feet per second = 48.55464 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 0.020595354017659 × 159.3 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 159.3 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.020595354017659 meters per second.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one hundred fifty-nine point three feet per second is approximately forty-eight point five five five meters per second:
159.3 ft/s ≅ 48.555 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero two one times one hundred fifty-nine point 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
feet per second (ft/s) | meters per second (m/s) |
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160.3 feet per second | 48.859 meters per second |
161.3 feet per second | 49.164 meters per second |
162.3 feet per second | 49.469 meters per second |
163.3 feet per second | 49.774 meters per second |
164.3 feet per second | 50.079 meters per second |
165.3 feet per second | 50.383 meters per second |
166.3 feet per second | 50.688 meters per second |
167.3 feet per second | 50.993 meters per second |
168.3 feet per second | 51.298 meters per second |
169.3 feet per second | 51.603 meters per second |