Cos 25 Degrees

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

What is cos 25°?

Answer

cos 25° ≈
0.9063

Angle in radians: 25° = 5π/36. The point of the angle is in quadrant I, where cosine is positive.

≈ — rounded to 4 decimal places. cos 25° can't be written with square roots: 25° is not a multiple of 3°.

P(cos 25°, sin 25°) ≈ (0.9063, 0.4226)

xyOP

P(cos 25°, sin 25°) ≈ (0.9063, 0.4226)

Highlighted: the projection on the x-axis — cosine, x ≈ 0.9063.

All four functions of 25°
FunctionExact valueDecimal
sin 25°—≈ 0.4226
cos 25°—≈ 0.9063
tan 25°—≈ 0.4663
cot 25°—≈ 2.1445

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FAQ

What is cos 25°?

cos 25° ≈ 0.9063

Why does cos 25° 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°. 25° is not, so no such exact form exists; the value is used as a decimal: cos 25° ≈ 0.9063.

Why does a calculator show 0.9912 for cos 25?

The calculator is in radian mode (RAD): it takes cos 25 as the cosine of 25 radians, cos 25 rad ≈ 0.9912. Switch it to degrees (DEG): cos 25° ≈ 0.9063. In radians the value is never undefined: π is irrational, so a whole number of radians never lands exactly on an axis.