Cot 98 Degrees

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

What is cot 98°?

Answer

cot 98° ≈
−0.1405

Angle in radians: 98° = 49π/90. The point of the angle is in quadrant II, where cotangent is negative.

≈ — rounded to 4 decimal places. cot 98° can't be written with square roots: 98° is not a multiple of 3°.

cot 98° = cot(180° − 82°) = −cot 82° ≈ −0.1405

cot 98° = cos 98° / sin 98° ≈ −0.1405

xyOP

P(cos 98°, sin 98°) ≈ (−0.1392, 0.9903)

C(cot 98°, 1) ≈ (−0.1405, 1) — where line OP meets the line y = 1.

All four functions of 98°
FunctionExact valueDecimal
sin 98°—≈ 0.9903
cos 98°—≈ −0.1392
tan 98°—≈ −7.1154
cot 98°—≈ −0.1405

Reference angle: cot 82° ≈ 0.1405

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FAQ

What is cot 98°?

cot 98° ≈ −0.1405

Why does cot 98° 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°. 98° is not, so no such exact form exists; the value is used as a decimal: cot 98° ≈ −0.1405.

Why does a calculator show 1.4289 for cot 98?

The calculator is in radian mode (RAD): it takes cot 98 as the cotangent of 98 radians, cot 98 rad ≈ 1.4289. Switch it to degrees (DEG): cot 98° ≈ −0.1405. In radians the value is never undefined: π is irrational, so a whole number of radians never lands exactly on an axis.