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 8979 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 8979 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
8979 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 8979 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 2736.7992 m/s
The final result is:
8979 ft/s → 2736.7992 m/s
We conclude that 8979 feet per second is equivalent to 2736.7992 meters per second:
8979 feet per second = 2736.7992 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 0.00036539034358092 × 8979 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 8979 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00036539034358092 meters per second.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight thousand nine hundred seventy-nine feet per second is approximately two thousand seven hundred thirty-six point seven nine nine meters per second:
8979 ft/s ≅ 2736.799 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero times eight thousand nine 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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8980 feet per second | 2737.104 meters per second |
8981 feet per second | 2737.409 meters per second |
8982 feet per second | 2737.714 meters per second |
8983 feet per second | 2738.018 meters per second |
8984 feet per second | 2738.323 meters per second |
8985 feet per second | 2738.628 meters per second |
8986 feet per second | 2738.933 meters per second |
8987 feet per second | 2739.238 meters per second |
8988 feet per second | 2739.542 meters per second |
8989 feet per second | 2739.847 meters per second |