Is there another way to convert meters per second squared to feet per second squared besides using 3.281?

You are converting metres to feet

1 metre => 100 cm

2.54 cm => 1 inch

and 12 inches => 1 foot

Hence, 1 foot => 12 x 2.54 = 30.48 cm

so, 100/30.48 => 3.281 feet

i.e. 1 metre = 3.281 feet

Then, 9.8 metres => 9.8 x 3.281 = 32.1538 feet

i.e. 32.15 feet...to 2 d.p.

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9.8 m/s^2=9.8x1000 cm /s^2 = 9.8x100 cm /s ^2 = 9.8x100/2.54 inch /s^2 =x12) ft/s^2

9.8x100/(2.54 x12) ft/s^2 =32.15 ft/s^2

Basically there are 3.281 feet in each meter. The seconds are the same.

9.8 meters ..... 3.281 feet ... 32.15 feet

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1 sec * 1 sec ... 1 meter ........ meter²

I suppose you could break it down as 1 m = 100 cm and 1 inch = 2.54 cm and 12 inches = 1 foot

But that just becomes:

100 / (2.54 * 12)

≈ 3.28084... (ft/m)

Another option is 1 ft = 0.3048 m, so you could *divide* by 0.3048.

9.8 (m/s²) / 0.3048 (m/ft)

≈ 32.15 ft/s²