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What is cot in trigonometry?


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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.

cotθ=AdjacentsideOppositeside

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

cotθ=1tanθ


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