Cot 56 Degrees

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

What is cot 56°?

Answer

cot 56° ≈
0.6745

Angle in radians: 56° = 14π/45. The point of the angle is in quadrant I, where cotangent is positive.

≈ — rounded to 4 decimal places. cot 56° can't be written with square roots: 56° is not a multiple of 3°.

cot 56° = cos 56° / sin 56° ≈ 0.6745

xyOP

P(cos 56°, sin 56°) ≈ (0.5592, 0.8290)

C(cot 56°, 1) ≈ (0.6745, 1) — where line OP meets the line y = 1.

All four functions of 56°
FunctionExact valueDecimal
sin 56°—≈ 0.8290
cos 56°—≈ 0.5592
tan 56°—≈ 1.4826
cot 56°—≈ 0.6745

See Also

Recalculate with different values ↑

Cotangent of nearby angles

Anglecot
53°≈ 0.7536
54°√(5 − 2√5)
55°≈ 0.7002
56°≈ 0.6745
57°≈ 0.6494
58°≈ 0.6249
59°≈ 0.6009

FAQ

What is cot 56°?

cot 56° ≈ 0.6745

Why does cot 56° 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°. 56° is not, so no such exact form exists; the value is used as a decimal: cot 56° ≈ 0.6745.

Why does a calculator show −1.6359 for cot 56?

The calculator is in radian mode (RAD): it takes cot 56 as the cotangent of 56 radians, cot 56 rad ≈ −1.6359. Switch it to degrees (DEG): cot 56° ≈ 0.6745. In radians the value is never undefined: π is irrational, so a whole number of radians never lands exactly on an axis.

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