Unit Converter
Conversion formula
The conversion factor from feet per second to miles per hour is 0.68181818181818, which means that 1 foot per second is equal to 0.68181818181818 miles per hour:
1 ft/s = 0.68181818181818 mph
To convert 500 feet per second into miles per hour we have to multiply 500 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to miles per hour. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 ft/s → 0.68181818181818 mph
500 ft/s → V(mph)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in miles per hour:
V(mph) = 500 ft/s × 0.68181818181818 mph
V(mph) = 340.90909090909 mph
The final result is:
500 ft/s → 340.90909090909 mph
We conclude that 500 feet per second is equivalent to 340.90909090909 miles per hour:
500 feet per second = 340.90909090909 miles per hour
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 mile per hour is equal to 0.0029333333333333 × 500 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 500 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0029333333333333 miles per hour.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five hundred feet per second is approximately three hundred forty point nine zero nine miles per hour:
500 ft/s ≅ 340.909 mph
An alternative is also that one mile per hour is approximately zero point zero zero three times five hundred feet per second.
Conversion table
feet per second to miles per hour chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet per second to miles per hour
feet per second (ft/s) | miles per hour (mph) |
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501 feet per second | 341.591 miles per hour |
502 feet per second | 342.273 miles per hour |
503 feet per second | 342.955 miles per hour |
504 feet per second | 343.636 miles per hour |
505 feet per second | 344.318 miles per hour |
506 feet per second | 345 miles per hour |
507 feet per second | 345.682 miles per hour |
508 feet per second | 346.364 miles per hour |
509 feet per second | 347.045 miles per hour |
510 feet per second | 347.727 miles per hour |