Cot 97 Degrees

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

What is cot 97°?

Answer

cot 97° ≈
−0.1228

Angle in radians: 97° = 97π/180. The point of the angle is in quadrant II, where cotangent is negative.

≈ — rounded to 4 decimal places. cot 97° can't be written with square roots: 97° is not a multiple of 3°.

cot 97° = cot(180° − 83°) = −cot 83° ≈ −0.1228

cot 97° = cos 97° / sin 97° ≈ −0.1228

xyOP

P(cos 97°, sin 97°) ≈ (−0.1219, 0.9925)

C(cot 97°, 1) ≈ (−0.1228, 1) — where line OP meets the line y = 1.

All four functions of 97°
FunctionExact valueDecimal
sin 97°—≈ 0.9925
cos 97°—≈ −0.1219
tan 97°—≈ −8.1443
cot 97°—≈ −0.1228

Reference angle: cot 83° ≈ 0.1228

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FAQ

What is cot 97°?

cot 97° ≈ −0.1228

Why does cot 97° 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°. 97° is not, so no such exact form exists; the value is used as a decimal: cot 97° ≈ −0.1228.

Why does a calculator show −2.4371 for cot 97?

The calculator is in radian mode (RAD): it takes cot 97 as the cotangent of 97 radians, cot 97 rad ≈ −2.4371. Switch it to degrees (DEG): cot 97° ≈ −0.1228. In radians the value is never undefined: π is irrational, so a whole number of radians never lands exactly on an axis.