Trigonometric Functions

The Trigonometric Functions computes sin from 1 input: angle (degrees). Calculate sin, cos, tan, etc.

Trigonometry is how we turn angles into distances and distances into angles. It sits under every GPS fix, surveyor measurement, and game-engine render — and it still shows up in carpentry, roof pitches, and woodworking. The Trigonometric Functions sits in that toolkit — it calculate sin, cos, tan, etc. Enter your numbers above and the result updates instantly; every step of the math is shown in the Derivation panel so you can see exactly how the answer was reached.

Where

a

Angle (degrees)

sin

Output value

cos

Output value

tan

Output value

1. 01Start by noting the input — Angle (degrees): 30.
2. 02Substitute these values into the formula: sin = Qs(t) | cos = Js(t) | tan = a=t,tan(a × π / 180);var a
3. 03Compute sin: the calculator returns 0.5.
4. 04Compute cos: the calculator returns 0.866025.
5. 05Compute tan: the calculator returns 0.57735.
6. 06Cross-check the answer by opening the Derivation panel above — every line of math is shown so you can follow the computation end-to-end.

The formula gets rearranged depending on which variable you need. Here are the patterns you’ll run into in the real world — find the one that matches your problem and follow the worked steps.