Cotangent

/kˈəʊtandʒənt/

/kˈoʊtændʒənt/

Cotangent

the ratio of the side adjacent to a particular acute angle to the side opposite the angle, in a right-angled triangle

synonyms : cotan

Examples

1. Cotangent of 90 degrees is 0.

2. And cotangent of 2x is equal to 1 over tangent of 2x.

3. The cotangent of five theta is the exact same thing as the cosine of 5 theta over the sine of 5 theta.

4. So tangent of theta is equal to cotangent of 5 theta.