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G Gururaja Upadhyaya's avatar
G Gururaja Upadhyaya
Copper Contributor
Jun 29, 2017

Excel 2016 tan cos sin formula problem

In calculator Tan(74.7) = 3.6553843546

But in Excel 2016 Formula =Tan(74.7)  = -0.839256394

 

In calculator cos(94.06863367) = 0.0709513889

in excel 2016 cos(94.06863367)=0.983996237385602

 

So Please Help Me

3 Replies

  • SergeiBaklan's avatar
    SergeiBaklan
    Diamond Contributor

    Hi,

     

    If in Excel you use

    =TAN(74.7*PI()/180)

    it returns same 3.65538435465226

     

    Calculator takes degrees, Excel - radians

    • SergeiBaklan's avatar
      SergeiBaklan
      Diamond Contributor

      Forgot what Excel has RADIANS() function, thus that could be as

      =TAN(RADIANS(74.7))
      • John Tabori's avatar
        John Tabori
        Copper Contributor
        Thanks! Neat solution. Hopefully Microsoft will get around to documenting some of this more clearly.