Cot 7 Degrees

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

What is cot 7°?

Answer

cot 7° ≈
8.1443

Angle in radians: 7° = 7π/180. The point of the angle is in quadrant I, where cotangent is positive.

≈ — rounded to 4 decimal places. cot 7° can't be written with square roots: 7° is not a multiple of 3°.

cot 7° = cos 7° / sin 7° ≈ 8.1443

xyOP

P(cos 7°, sin 7°) ≈ (0.9925, 0.1219)

C(cot 7°, 1) ≈ (8.1443, 1) — where line OP meets the line y = 1; C is beyond the drawing, the arrow points to it.

All four functions of 7°
FunctionExact valueDecimal
sin 7°—≈ 0.1219
cos 7°—≈ 0.9925
tan 7°—≈ 0.1228
cot 7°—≈ 8.1443

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FAQ

What is cot 7°?

cot 7° ≈ 8.1443

Why does cot 7° 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°. 7° is not, so no such exact form exists; the value is used as a decimal: cot 7° ≈ 8.1443.

Why does a calculator show 1.1475 for cot 7?

The calculator is in radian mode (RAD): it takes cot 7 as the cotangent of 7 radians, cot 7 rad ≈ 1.1475. Switch it to degrees (DEG): cot 7° ≈ 8.1443. In radians the value is never undefined: π is irrational, so a whole number of radians never lands exactly on an axis.