Tan 43 Degrees

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

What is tan 43°?

Answer

tan 43° ≈
0.9325

Angle in radians: 43° = 43π/180. The point of the angle is in quadrant I, where tangent is positive.

≈ — rounded to 4 decimal places. tan 43° can't be written with square roots: 43° is not a multiple of 3°.

tan 43° = sin 43° / cos 43° ≈ 0.9325

xyOP

P(cos 43°, sin 43°) ≈ (0.7314, 0.6820)

T(1, tan 43°) ≈ (1, 0.9325) — where line OP meets the line x = 1.

All four functions of 43°
FunctionExact valueDecimal
sin 43°—≈ 0.6820
cos 43°—≈ 0.7314
tan 43°—≈ 0.9325
cot 43°—≈ 1.0724

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FAQ

What is tan 43°?

tan 43° ≈ 0.9325

Why does tan 43° 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°. 43° is not, so no such exact form exists; the value is used as a decimal: tan 43° ≈ 0.9325.

Why does a calculator show −1.4984 for tan 43?

The calculator is in radian mode (RAD): it takes tan 43 as the tangent of 43 radians, tan 43 rad ≈ −1.4984. Switch it to degrees (DEG): tan 43° ≈ 0.9325. In radians the value is never undefined: π is irrational, so a whole number of radians never lands exactly on an axis.