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 473 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 473 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
473 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 473 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 144.1704 m/s
The final result is:
473 ft/s → 144.1704 m/s
We conclude that 473 feet per second is equivalent to 144.1704 meters per second:
473 feet per second = 144.1704 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 0.0069362365645098 × 473 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 473 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0069362365645098 meters per second.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that four hundred seventy-three feet per second is approximately one hundred forty-four point one seven meters per second:
473 ft/s ≅ 144.17 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero seven times four 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
feet per second (ft/s) | meters per second (m/s) |
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474 feet per second | 144.475 meters per second |
475 feet per second | 144.78 meters per second |
476 feet per second | 145.085 meters per second |
477 feet per second | 145.39 meters per second |
478 feet per second | 145.694 meters per second |
479 feet per second | 145.999 meters per second |
480 feet per second | 146.304 meters per second |
481 feet per second | 146.609 meters per second |
482 feet per second | 146.914 meters per second |
483 feet per second | 147.218 meters per second |