Cotangent isn't the ArcTan (ATan).

Cot = 1 / tangent

tangent = sin/cos
cotangent = cos/sin



paul wrote:

cotangent is the "old way" of saying Tan-1,ie the tangent who's angle is
=degrees(atan(896.96/115.74)) =82.647

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"Gord Dibben" wrote:

What is cot?

=(896.96/115.74)*cot


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 19:58:01 -0700, Lois Ann
wrote:

How do I divide one number by another and then multiply answer by the cot?
Example 896.96/115.74 *cot



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Dave Peterson