Cos 62 Degrees

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

What is cos 62°?

Answer

cos 62° ≈
0.4695

Angle in radians: 62° = 31π/90. The point of the angle is in quadrant I, where cosine is positive.

≈ — rounded to 4 decimal places. cos 62° can't be written with square roots: 62° is not a multiple of 3°.

P(cos 62°, sin 62°) ≈ (0.4695, 0.8829)

xyOP

P(cos 62°, sin 62°) ≈ (0.4695, 0.8829)

Highlighted: the projection on the x-axis — cosine, x ≈ 0.4695.

All four functions of 62°
FunctionExact valueDecimal
sin 62°—≈ 0.8829
cos 62°—≈ 0.4695
tan 62°—≈ 1.8807
cot 62°—≈ 0.5317

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FAQ

What is cos 62°?

cos 62° ≈ 0.4695

Why does cos 62° 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°. 62° is not, so no such exact form exists; the value is used as a decimal: cos 62° ≈ 0.4695.

Why does a calculator show 0.6735 for cos 62?

The calculator is in radian mode (RAD): it takes cos 62 as the cosine of 62 radians, cos 62 rad ≈ 0.6735. Switch it to degrees (DEG): cos 62° ≈ 0.4695. In radians the value is never undefined: π is irrational, so a whole number of radians never lands exactly on an axis.