47 feet in meters

Result

The conversion result is: 47 feet is equivalent to 14.3256 meters.^[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 47 feet to meters?

We know (by definition) that: 1 ft = 0.3048 m.

We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of meters.

1 ft / 47 ft = 0.3048 m / x m

Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown x:

x m = (47 ft / 1 ft) * 0.3048 m → x m = 14.325600000000001 m

Conclusion:

47 ft = 14.325600000000001 m

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 meter is equal to 0.0698051041492154 times 47 feet.

It can also be expressed as: 47 feet is equal to 1 / 0.0698051041492154 meters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: forty-seven feet is about fourteen point three three meters, or alternatively, a meter is about zero point zero seven times forty-seven feet.