Question

What is cot in trigonometry?

Answer 1

Cotangent

• Trigonometric ratios is the relationship between the sides and angles of a right-angled triangle.
• A cotangent is the ratio of the adjacent side to the opposite side.

$cot\theta =\frac{Adjacentside}{Oppositeside}$

• It can also be defined as the reciprocal of the tangent value of the angle.

$cot\theta =\frac{1}{\tan \theta }$