Cot 32 Degrees

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

What is cot 32°?

Answer

cot 32° ≈
1.6003

Angle in radians: 32° = 8π/45. The point of the angle is in quadrant I, where cotangent is positive.

≈ — rounded to 4 decimal places. cot 32° can't be written with square roots: 32° is not a multiple of 3°.

cot 32° = cos 32° / sin 32° ≈ 1.6003

xyOP

P(cos 32°, sin 32°) ≈ (0.8480, 0.5299)

C(cot 32°, 1) ≈ (1.6003, 1) — where line OP meets the line y = 1.

All four functions of 32°
FunctionExact valueDecimal
sin 32°—≈ 0.5299
cos 32°—≈ 0.8480
tan 32°—≈ 0.6249
cot 32°—≈ 1.6003

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FAQ

What is cot 32°?

cot 32° ≈ 1.6003

Why does cot 32° 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°. 32° is not, so no such exact form exists; the value is used as a decimal: cot 32° ≈ 1.6003.

Why does a calculator show 1.5128 for cot 32?

The calculator is in radian mode (RAD): it takes cot 32 as the cotangent of 32 radians, cot 32 rad ≈ 1.5128. Switch it to degrees (DEG): cot 32° ≈ 1.6003. In radians the value is never undefined: π is irrational, so a whole number of radians never lands exactly on an axis.