Cos 85 Degrees
Sin, Cos, Tan, Cot of an Angle
What is cos 85°?
Answer
cos 85° ≈
0.0872
Angle in radians: 85° = 17π/36. The point of the angle is in quadrant I, where cosine is positive.
≈ — rounded to 4 decimal places. cos 85° can't be written with square roots: 85° is not a multiple of 3°.
P(cos 85°, sin 85°) ≈ (0.0872, 0.9962)
P(cos 85°, sin 85°) ≈ (0.0872, 0.9962)
Highlighted: the projection on the x-axis — cosine, x ≈ 0.0872.
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FAQ
What is cos 85°?
cos 85° ≈ 0.0872
Why does cos 85° 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°. 85° is not, so no such exact form exists; the value is used as a decimal: cos 85° ≈ 0.0872.
Why does a calculator show −0.9844 for cos 85?
The calculator is in radian mode (RAD): it takes cos 85 as the cosine of 85 radians, cos 85 rad ≈ −0.9844. Switch it to degrees (DEG): cos 85° ≈ 0.0872. 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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- Cos 81 Degrees: Cosine of 81° on the Unit Circle
- Cos 82 Degrees: Cosine of 82° on the Unit Circle
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- Cos 98 Degrees: Cosine of 98° on the Unit Circle
- Cos 100 Degrees: Cosine of 100° on the Unit Circle
- Cos 101 Degrees: Cosine of 101° on the Unit Circle
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