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 979 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 979 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
979 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 979 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 298.3992 m/s
The final result is:
979 ft/s → 298.3992 m/s
We conclude that 979 feet per second is equivalent to 298.3992 meters per second:
979 feet per second = 298.3992 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 0.0033512154188081 × 979 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 979 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0033512154188081 meters per second.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that nine hundred seventy-nine feet per second is approximately two hundred ninety-eight point three nine nine meters per second:
979 ft/s ≅ 298.399 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero three times 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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980 feet per second | 298.704 meters per second |
981 feet per second | 299.009 meters per second |
982 feet per second | 299.314 meters per second |
983 feet per second | 299.618 meters per second |
984 feet per second | 299.923 meters per second |
985 feet per second | 300.228 meters per second |
986 feet per second | 300.533 meters per second |
987 feet per second | 300.838 meters per second |
988 feet per second | 301.142 meters per second |
989 feet per second | 301.447 meters per second |