Cot 38 Degrees

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

What is cot 38°?

Answer

cot 38° ≈
1.2799

Angle in radians: 38° = 19π/90. The point of the angle is in quadrant I, where cotangent is positive.

≈ — rounded to 4 decimal places. cot 38° can't be written with square roots: 38° is not a multiple of 3°.

cot 38° = cos 38° / sin 38° ≈ 1.2799

xyOP

P(cos 38°, sin 38°) ≈ (0.7880, 0.6157)

C(cot 38°, 1) ≈ (1.2799, 1) — where line OP meets the line y = 1.

All four functions of 38°
FunctionExact valueDecimal
sin 38°—≈ 0.6157
cos 38°—≈ 0.7880
tan 38°—≈ 0.7813
cot 38°—≈ 1.2799

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FAQ

What is cot 38°?

cot 38° ≈ 1.2799

Why does cot 38° 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°. 38° is not, so no such exact form exists; the value is used as a decimal: cot 38° ≈ 1.2799.

Why does a calculator show 3.2226 for cot 38?

The calculator is in radian mode (RAD): it takes cot 38 as the cotangent of 38 radians, cot 38 rad ≈ 3.2226. Switch it to degrees (DEG): cot 38° ≈ 1.2799. In radians the value is never undefined: π is irrational, so a whole number of radians never lands exactly on an axis.