Cos 49 Degrees

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

What is cos 49°?

Answer

cos 49° ≈
0.6561

Angle in radians: 49° = 49π/180. The point of the angle is in quadrant I, where cosine is positive.

≈ — rounded to 4 decimal places. cos 49° can't be written with square roots: 49° is not a multiple of 3°.

P(cos 49°, sin 49°) ≈ (0.6561, 0.7547)

xyOP

P(cos 49°, sin 49°) ≈ (0.6561, 0.7547)

Highlighted: the projection on the x-axis — cosine, x ≈ 0.6561.

All four functions of 49°
FunctionExact valueDecimal
sin 49°—≈ 0.7547
cos 49°—≈ 0.6561
tan 49°—≈ 1.1504
cot 49°—≈ 0.8693

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FAQ

What is cos 49°?

cos 49° ≈ 0.6561

Why does cos 49° 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°. 49° is not, so no such exact form exists; the value is used as a decimal: cos 49° ≈ 0.6561.

Why does a calculator show 0.3006 for cos 49?

The calculator is in radian mode (RAD): it takes cos 49 as the cosine of 49 radians, cos 49 rad ≈ 0.3006. Switch it to degrees (DEG): cos 49° ≈ 0.6561. In radians the value is never undefined: π is irrational, so a whole number of radians never lands exactly on an axis.