Cot 31 Degrees

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

What is cot 31°?

Answer

cot 31° ≈
1.6643

Angle in radians: 31° = 31π/180. The point of the angle is in quadrant I, where cotangent is positive.

≈ — rounded to 4 decimal places. cot 31° can't be written with square roots: 31° is not a multiple of 3°.

cot 31° = cos 31° / sin 31° ≈ 1.6643

xyOP

P(cos 31°, sin 31°) ≈ (0.8572, 0.5150)

C(cot 31°, 1) ≈ (1.6643, 1) — where line OP meets the line y = 1.

All four functions of 31°
FunctionExact valueDecimal
sin 31°—≈ 0.5150
cos 31°—≈ 0.8572
tan 31°—≈ 0.6009
cot 31°—≈ 1.6643

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FAQ

What is cot 31°?

cot 31° ≈ 1.6643

Why does cot 31° 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°. 31° is not, so no such exact form exists; the value is used as a decimal: cot 31° ≈ 1.6643.

Why does a calculator show −2.2640 for cot 31?

The calculator is in radian mode (RAD): it takes cot 31 as the cotangent of 31 radians, cot 31 rad ≈ −2.2640. Switch it to degrees (DEG): cot 31° ≈ 1.6643. In radians the value is never undefined: π is irrational, so a whole number of radians never lands exactly on an axis.