Cot 28 Degrees

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

What is cot 28°?

Answer

cot 28° ≈
1.8807

Angle in radians: 28° = 7π/45. The point of the angle is in quadrant I, where cotangent is positive.

≈ — rounded to 4 decimal places. cot 28° can't be written with square roots: 28° is not a multiple of 3°.

cot 28° = cos 28° / sin 28° ≈ 1.8807

xyOP

P(cos 28°, sin 28°) ≈ (0.8829, 0.4695)

C(cot 28°, 1) ≈ (1.8807, 1) — where line OP meets the line y = 1.

All four functions of 28°
FunctionExact valueDecimal
sin 28°—≈ 0.4695
cos 28°—≈ 0.8829
tan 28°—≈ 0.5317
cot 28°—≈ 1.8807

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FAQ

What is cot 28°?

cot 28° ≈ 1.8807

Why does cot 28° 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°. 28° is not, so no such exact form exists; the value is used as a decimal: cot 28° ≈ 1.8807.

Why does a calculator show −3.5533 for cot 28?

The calculator is in radian mode (RAD): it takes cot 28 as the cotangent of 28 radians, cot 28 rad ≈ −3.5533. Switch it to degrees (DEG): cot 28° ≈ 1.8807. In radians the value is never undefined: π is irrational, so a whole number of radians never lands exactly on an axis.