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Answer:
= 0.3048 m

Divide by 3.281
for quick conversions

ft / 3.281 = m

Solution

To convert ft to m, use the conversion factor

1 m = 3.2808399 ft

then divide both sides of the equation by m, to get the conversion ratio

1 = 3.2808399 ft / m

Use the conversion ratio to complete the unit conversion, basically dividing the input by 1, the ft units cancel out, and we are left with m units.

1 ft ÷ 3.2808399 ft / m
= 0.3048 m

Calculator Use

Conversions of length and distance are performed by using a conversion factor. By knowing the conversion factor, converting between units can become a simple multiplication problem:

S * C = E

Where S is our starting value, C is our conversion factor, and E is our end converted result.

To simply convert from any unit into meters, for example, from 50 centimeters, just multiply by the conversion value in the right column in the table below.

50 cm * 0.01 [ (m) / (cm) ] = 0.5 m

To convert from meters into units in the left column divide by the value in the right column or, multiply by the reciprocal, 1/x.

0.5 m / 0.01[ (m) / (cm) ] = 50 cm

To convert among any units in the left column, say from A to B, you can multiply by the factor for A to convert A into m then divide by the factor for B to convert out of m. Or, you can find the single factor you need by dividing the A factor by the B factor.

For example, to convert from centimeters to inches you would multiply by 0.01 then divide by 0.0254. Or, multiply by 0.01/0.0254 = 0.3937007. So, to convert directly from cm to in you multiply by 0.3937007.

Another way to look at it is that conversions are performed by multiplying the value to convert by the ratio of 1 input unit in meters to 1 output unit in meters. For example, to convert inch to mile: 1 inch = 0.0254 meters; 1 mile = 1609.344 meters. The ratio of 0.0254 (meter/inch)/ 1609.344 (meter/mile) = 1.5783e-5 mile/inch. The formula for converting 2345 inches to miles is [ 2345 inches * 1.5783e-5 mile/inch = 0.037011 miles ].

Units, symbols and conversion values
used in this distance & length calculator
To Convert from
Unit
Unit
Symbol
and Convert to
( m )
Multiply by
( m / Unit )
mil (0.001 in)
mil
meter
0.0000254
inch
in
meter
0.0254
foot
ft
meter
0.3048
yard
yd
meter
0.9144
mile
mi
meter
1609.344
capefoot
cf
meter
0.314856
rod
rd
meter
5.0292
angstrom
Å
meter
1E-10
nanometer
n
meter
0.000000001
micron
µ
meter
0.000001
millimeter
mm
meter
0.001
centimeter
cm
meter
0.01
meter
m
meter
1
kilometer
km
meter
1000
light-year
l.y.
meter
9,460,730,472,580,800
light-day
 
meter
25,902,068,371,200
light-hour
 
meter
1,079,252,848,800
light-minute
 
meter
17,987,547,480
light-second
 
meter
299,792,458

References/ Further Reading

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The NIST Guide for the use of the International System of Units - Appendix B, subsections B.8 Factors for Units Listed Alphabetically and B.9 Factors for Units Listed by Kind of Quantity or Field of Science.

Lide, David R., Daniel (Editor-in-Chief). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 89th Edition New York, NY: CRC Press, p. 1-28, 2008.

Wikipedia contributors. "Conversion of units" Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, last visited 26 Jun. 2011.

How Many? A dictionary of units of measurement at http://www.ibiblio.org/units/ accessed 2023-07-25

 

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Furey, Edward "Distance Conversion Calculator" at https://www.calculatorsoup.com/calculators/conversions/distance.php from CalculatorSoup, https://www.calculatorsoup.com - Online Calculators

Last updated: August 21, 2023

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