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 5579 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 5579 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
5579 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 5579 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 1700.4792 m/s
The final result is:
5579 ft/s → 1700.4792 m/s
We conclude that 5579 feet per second is equivalent to 1700.4792 meters per second:
5579 feet per second = 1700.4792 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 0.00058806952769549 × 5579 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 5579 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00058806952769549 meters per second.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five thousand five hundred seventy-nine feet per second is approximately one thousand seven hundred point four seven nine meters per second:
5579 ft/s ≅ 1700.479 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times five thousand five hundred seventy-nine 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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5580 feet per second | 1700.784 meters per second |
5581 feet per second | 1701.089 meters per second |
5582 feet per second | 1701.394 meters per second |
5583 feet per second | 1701.698 meters per second |
5584 feet per second | 1702.003 meters per second |
5585 feet per second | 1702.308 meters per second |
5586 feet per second | 1702.613 meters per second |
5587 feet per second | 1702.918 meters per second |
5588 feet per second | 1703.222 meters per second |
5589 feet per second | 1703.527 meters per second |