Tan 62 Degrees

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

What is tan 62°?

Answer

tan 62° ≈
1.8807

Angle in radians: 62° = 31π/90. The point of the angle is in quadrant I, where tangent is positive.

≈ — rounded to 4 decimal places. tan 62° can't be written with square roots: 62° is not a multiple of 3°.

tan 62° = sin 62° / cos 62° ≈ 1.8807

xyOP

P(cos 62°, sin 62°) ≈ (0.4695, 0.8829)

T(1, tan 62°) ≈ (1, 1.8807) — where line OP meets the line x = 1.

All four functions of 62°
FunctionExact valueDecimal
sin 62°—≈ 0.8829
cos 62°—≈ 0.4695
tan 62°—≈ 1.8807
cot 62°—≈ 0.5317

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FAQ

What is tan 62°?

tan 62° ≈ 1.8807

Why does tan 62° 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°. 62° is not, so no such exact form exists; the value is used as a decimal: tan 62° ≈ 1.8807.

Why does a calculator show −1.0975 for tan 62?

The calculator is in radian mode (RAD): it takes tan 62 as the tangent of 62 radians, tan 62 rad ≈ −1.0975. Switch it to degrees (DEG): tan 62° ≈ 1.8807. In radians the value is never undefined: π is irrational, so a whole number of radians never lands exactly on an axis.