Cot 46 Degrees

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

What is cot 46°?

Answer

cot 46° ≈
0.9657

Angle in radians: 46° = 23π/90. The point of the angle is in quadrant I, where cotangent is positive.

≈ — rounded to 4 decimal places. cot 46° can't be written with square roots: 46° is not a multiple of 3°.

cot 46° = cos 46° / sin 46° ≈ 0.9657

xyOP

P(cos 46°, sin 46°) ≈ (0.6947, 0.7193)

C(cot 46°, 1) ≈ (0.9657, 1) — where line OP meets the line y = 1.

All four functions of 46°
FunctionExact valueDecimal
sin 46°—≈ 0.7193
cos 46°—≈ 0.6947
tan 46°—≈ 1.0355
cot 46°—≈ 0.9657

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FAQ

What is cot 46°?

cot 46° ≈ 0.9657

Why does cot 46° 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°. 46° is not, so no such exact form exists; the value is used as a decimal: cot 46° ≈ 0.9657.

Why does a calculator show −0.4792 for cot 46?

The calculator is in radian mode (RAD): it takes cot 46 as the cotangent of 46 radians, cot 46 rad ≈ −0.4792. Switch it to degrees (DEG): cot 46° ≈ 0.9657. In radians the value is never undefined: π is irrational, so a whole number of radians never lands exactly on an axis.