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    Cos 30 Degrees

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

    What is cos 30°?

    Answer

    cos 30° =
    √3/2 ≈ 0.8660

    Angle in radians: 30° = π/6. The point of the angle is in quadrant I, where cosine is positive.

    ≈ — rounded to 4 decimal places.

    P(cos 30°, sin 30°) = (√3/2, 1/2)

    Half of an equilateral triangle with side 1: the hypotenuse is 1 and the leg opposite 30° is 1/2.

    cos 30° = √(1 − 1/4) = √3/2

    xyOP

    P(cos 30°, sin 30°) ≈ (0.8660, 0.5)

    Highlighted: the projection on the x-axis — cosine, x ≈ 0.8660.

    All four functions of 30°
    FunctionExact valueDecimal
    sin 30°1/20.5
    cos 30°√3/2≈ 0.8660
    tan 30°√3/3≈ 0.5774
    cot 30°√3≈ 1.7321

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    Cos 30 Degrees: Cosine of 30° on the Unit Circle. cos 30° = √3/2 ≈ 0.8660. The cosine is the x-coordinate of the point at 30° on the unit circle.
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    Cosine of nearby angles

    Anglecos
    27°≈ 0.8910
    28°≈ 0.8829
    29°≈ 0.8746
    30°√3/2
    31°≈ 0.8572
    32°≈ 0.8480
    33°≈ 0.8387
    Recalculate with different values ↑

    FAQ

    What is cos 30°?

    cos 30° = √3/2 ≈ 0.8660

    How to remember sin 30°, sin 45° and sin 60°?

    Write them as √1/2, √2/2, √3/2: sin 30° = 1/2, sin 45° = √2/2, sin 60° = √3/2. Cosines are the same numbers in reverse order: cos 30° = √3/2, cos 45° = √2/2, cos 60° = 1/2; tan = sin / cos and cot = cos / sin. Here: cos 30° = √3/2 ≈ 0.8660.

    Why does a calculator show 0.1543 for cos 30?

    The calculator is in radian mode (RAD): it takes cos 30 as the cosine of 30 radians, cos 30 rad ≈ 0.1543. Switch it to degrees (DEG): cos 30° = √3/2 ≈ 0.8660. In radians the value is never undefined: π is irrational, so a whole number of radians never lands exactly on an axis.

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