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    Cos 56 Degrees

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

    What is cos 56°?

    Answer

    cos 56° ≈
    0.5592

    Angle in radians: 56° = 14π/45. The point of the angle is in quadrant I, where cosine is positive.

    ≈ — rounded to 4 decimal places. cos 56° can't be written with square roots: 56° is not a multiple of 3°.

    P(cos 56°, sin 56°) ≈ (0.5592, 0.8290)

    xyOP

    P(cos 56°, sin 56°) ≈ (0.5592, 0.8290)

    Highlighted: the projection on the x-axis — cosine, x ≈ 0.5592.

    All four functions of 56°
    FunctionExact valueDecimal
    sin 56°—≈ 0.8290
    cos 56°—≈ 0.5592
    tan 56°—≈ 1.4826
    cot 56°—≈ 0.6745

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    Cos 56 Degrees: Cosine of 56° on the Unit Circle. cos 56° ≈ 0.5592. The cosine is the x-coordinate of the point at 56° on the unit circle.
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    Cosine of nearby angles

    Anglecos
    53°≈ 0.6018
    54°√(10 − 2√5)/4
    55°≈ 0.5736
    56°≈ 0.5592
    57°≈ 0.5446
    58°≈ 0.5299
    59°≈ 0.5150
    Recalculate with different values ↑

    FAQ

    What is cos 56°?

    cos 56° ≈ 0.5592

    Why does cos 56° 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°. 56° is not, so no such exact form exists; the value is used as a decimal: cos 56° ≈ 0.5592.

    Why does a calculator show 0.8532 for cos 56?

    The calculator is in radian mode (RAD): it takes cos 56 as the cosine of 56 radians, cos 56 rad ≈ 0.8532. Switch it to degrees (DEG): cos 56° ≈ 0.5592. 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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