Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet per second to kilometers per hour is 1.0972799999991, which means that 1 foot per second is equal to 1.0972799999991 kilometers per hour:

1 ft/s = 1.0972799999991 km/h

To convert 48.5 feet per second into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 48.5 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to kilometers per hour. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft/s → 1.0972799999991 km/h

48.5 ft/s → V_(km/h)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in kilometers per hour:

V_(km/h) = 48.5 ft/s × 1.0972799999991 km/h

V_(km/h) = 53.218079999957 km/h

The final result is:

48.5 ft/s → 53.218079999957 km/h

We conclude that 48.5 feet per second is equivalent to 53.218079999957 kilometers per hour:

48.5 feet per second = 53.218079999957 kilometers per hour

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer per hour is equal to 0.018790606500663 × 48.5 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 48.5 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.018790606500663 kilometers per hour.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that forty-eight point five feet per second is approximately fifty-three point two one eight kilometers per hour:

48.5 ft/s ≅ 53.218 km/h

An alternative is also that one kilometer per hour is approximately zero point zero one nine times forty-eight point five feet per second.

Conversion table

feet per second to kilometers per hour chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet per second to kilometers per hour