Cot 43 Degrees

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

What is cot 43°?

Answer

cot 43° ≈
1.0724

Angle in radians: 43° = 43π/180. The point of the angle is in quadrant I, where cotangent is positive.

≈ — rounded to 4 decimal places. cot 43° can't be written with square roots: 43° is not a multiple of 3°.

cot 43° = cos 43° / sin 43° ≈ 1.0724

xyOP

P(cos 43°, sin 43°) ≈ (0.7314, 0.6820)

C(cot 43°, 1) ≈ (1.0724, 1) — where line OP meets the line y = 1.

All four functions of 43°
FunctionExact valueDecimal
sin 43°—≈ 0.6820
cos 43°—≈ 0.7314
tan 43°—≈ 0.9325
cot 43°—≈ 1.0724

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FAQ

What is cot 43°?

cot 43° ≈ 1.0724

Why does cot 43° 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°. 43° is not, so no such exact form exists; the value is used as a decimal: cot 43° ≈ 1.0724.

Why does a calculator show −0.6674 for cot 43?

The calculator is in radian mode (RAD): it takes cot 43 as the cotangent of 43 radians, cot 43 rad ≈ −0.6674. Switch it to degrees (DEG): cot 43° ≈ 1.0724. In radians the value is never undefined: π is irrational, so a whole number of radians never lands exactly on an axis.