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'Feet per second' (Or 'foot per second') is a unit of both speed (scalar) and velocity (vector quantity, e.g. 3ft/s west). It expresses the distance in feet (''ft'') traveled or displaced, divided by the time in seconds (''s'', or ''sec'').The equivalent SI unit is the 'Metre per second'.
Abbreviations include 'ft/s', 'ft/sec' and 'fps', although the representation 'ft s^-1' is not often used.

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1 foot per second is equivalent to:
: = 0.3048 metres per second (exactly)
: ≈ 0.6818 miles per hour (approximately)
: = 1.09728 km·h⁻¹ (exactly)
1 metre per second ≈ 3.2808 feet per second (approximately)

1 mile per hour ≈ 1.4667 feet per second (approximately)

1 kilometre per hour ≈ 0.9113 feet per second (approximately)

See also

★ Orders of magnitude (speed)

External links

★ OnlineConversion.com