Unit Converter
Conversion formula
The conversion factor from miles per hour to meters per second is 0.44704, which means that 1 mile per hour is equal to 0.44704 meters per second:
1 mph = 0.44704 m/s
To convert 20.8 miles per hour into meters per second we have to multiply 20.8 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from miles per hour to meters per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 mph → 0.44704 m/s
20.8 mph → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 20.8 mph × 0.44704 m/s
V(m/s) = 9.298432 m/s
The final result is:
20.8 mph → 9.298432 m/s
We conclude that 20.8 miles per hour is equivalent to 9.298432 meters per second:
20.8 miles per hour = 9.298432 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 0.10754501404108 × 20.8 miles per hour.
Another way is saying that 20.8 miles per hour is equal to 1 ÷ 0.10754501404108 meters per second.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that twenty point eight miles per hour is approximately nine point two nine eight meters per second:
20.8 mph ≅ 9.298 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point one zero eight times twenty point eight miles per hour.
Conversion table
miles per hour to meters per second chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from miles per hour to meters per second
miles per hour (mph) | meters per second (m/s) |
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21.8 miles per hour | 9.745 meters per second |
22.8 miles per hour | 10.193 meters per second |
23.8 miles per hour | 10.64 meters per second |
24.8 miles per hour | 11.087 meters per second |
25.8 miles per hour | 11.534 meters per second |
26.8 miles per hour | 11.981 meters per second |
27.8 miles per hour | 12.428 meters per second |
28.8 miles per hour | 12.875 meters per second |
29.8 miles per hour | 13.322 meters per second |
30.8 miles per hour | 13.769 meters per second |