Trigonometry Examples

Find the Reference Angle cot(-(5pi)/6)
cot(-5π6)
Step 1
Add full rotations of 2π until the angle is greater than or equal to 0 and less than 2π.
cot(7π6)
Step 2
Apply the reference angle by finding the angle with equivalent trig values in the first quadrant.
cot(π6)
Step 3
The exact value of cot(π6) is 3.
3
Step 4
The result can be shown in multiple forms.
Exact Form:
3
Decimal Form:
1.73205080
 [x2  12  π  xdx ]