Precalculus Examples

$\cot (- \frac{π}{4})$

Step 1

Add full rotations of $2 π$ until the angle is greater than or equal to $0$ and less than $2 π$ .

$\cot (\frac{7 π}{4})$

Step 2

Apply the reference angle by finding the angle with equivalent trig values in the first quadrant. Make the expression negative because cotangent is negative in the fourth quadrant.

$- \cot (\frac{π}{4})$

Step 3

The exact value of $\cot (\frac{π}{4})$ is $1$ .

$- 1 \cdot 1$

Step 4

Multiply $- 1$ by $1$ .

$- 1$