Cot 79 Degrees

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

What is cot 79°?

Answer

cot 79° ≈
0.1944

Angle in radians: 79° = 79π/180. The point of the angle is in quadrant I, where cotangent is positive.

≈ — rounded to 4 decimal places. cot 79° can't be written with square roots: 79° is not a multiple of 3°.

cot 79° = cos 79° / sin 79° ≈ 0.1944

xyOP

P(cos 79°, sin 79°) ≈ (0.1908, 0.9816)

C(cot 79°, 1) ≈ (0.1944, 1) — where line OP meets the line y = 1.

All four functions of 79°
FunctionExact valueDecimal
sin 79°—≈ 0.9816
cos 79°—≈ 0.1908
tan 79°—≈ 5.1446
cot 79°—≈ 0.1944

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FAQ

What is cot 79°?

cot 79° ≈ 0.1944

Why does cot 79° 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°. 79° is not, so no such exact form exists; the value is used as a decimal: cot 79° ≈ 0.1944.

Why does a calculator show 2.0174 for cot 79?

The calculator is in radian mode (RAD): it takes cot 79 as the cotangent of 79 radians, cot 79 rad ≈ 2.0174. Switch it to degrees (DEG): cot 79° ≈ 0.1944. In radians the value is never undefined: π is irrational, so a whole number of radians never lands exactly on an axis.