Precalculus Examples

$\cot (315)$

Step 1

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.

$- \cot (45)$

Step 2

The exact value of $\cot (45)$ is $1$ .

$- 1 \cdot 1$

Step 3

Multiply $- 1$ by $1$ .

$- 1$