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    Cos 2 Degrees

    Sin, Cos, Tan, Cot of an Angle
    Function
    Angle (°)

    What is cos 2°?

    Answer

    cos 2° ≈
    0.9994

    Angle in radians: 2° = π/90. The point of the angle is in quadrant I, where cosine is positive.

    ≈ — rounded to 4 decimal places. cos 2° can't be written with square roots: 2° is not a multiple of 3°.

    P(cos 2°, sin 2°) ≈ (0.9994, 0.0349)

    xyOP

    P(cos 2°, sin 2°) ≈ (0.9994, 0.0349)

    Highlighted: the projection on the x-axis — cosine, x ≈ 0.9994.

    All four functions of 2°
    FunctionExact valueDecimal
    sin 2°—≈ 0.0349
    cos 2°—≈ 0.9994
    tan 2°—≈ 0.0349
    cot 2°—≈ 28.6363

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    Cos 2 Degrees: Cosine of 2° on the Unit Circle. cos 2° ≈ 0.9994. The cosine is the x-coordinate of the point at 2° on the unit circle.
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    FAQ

    What is cos 2°?

    cos 2° ≈ 0.9994

    Why does cos 2° have no exact value?

    A trigonometric value of a whole number of degrees can be written with square roots only when the angle is a multiple of 3°. 2° is not, so no such exact form exists; the value is used as a decimal: cos 2° ≈ 0.9994.

    Why does a calculator show −0.4161 for cos 2?

    The calculator is in radian mode (RAD): it takes cos 2 as the cosine of 2 radians, cos 2 rad ≈ −0.4161. Switch it to degrees (DEG): cos 2° ≈ 0.9994. In radians the value is never undefined: π is irrational, so a whole number of radians never lands exactly on an axis.