Cos 44 Degrees

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

What is cos 44°?

Answer

cos 44° ≈
0.7193

Angle in radians: 44° = 11π/45. The point of the angle is in quadrant I, where cosine is positive.

≈ — rounded to 4 decimal places. cos 44° can't be written with square roots: 44° is not a multiple of 3°.

P(cos 44°, sin 44°) ≈ (0.7193, 0.6947)

xyOP

P(cos 44°, sin 44°) ≈ (0.7193, 0.6947)

Highlighted: the projection on the x-axis — cosine, x ≈ 0.7193.

All four functions of 44°
FunctionExact valueDecimal
sin 44°—≈ 0.6947
cos 44°—≈ 0.7193
tan 44°—≈ 0.9657
cot 44°—≈ 1.0355

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FAQ

What is cos 44°?

cos 44° ≈ 0.7193

Why does cos 44° 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°. 44° is not, so no such exact form exists; the value is used as a decimal: cos 44° ≈ 0.7193.

Why does a calculator show 0.9998 for cos 44?

The calculator is in radian mode (RAD): it takes cos 44 as the cosine of 44 radians, cos 44 rad ≈ 0.9998. Switch it to degrees (DEG): cos 44° ≈ 0.7193. In radians the value is never undefined: π is irrational, so a whole number of radians never lands exactly on an axis.