How come Excel can't calculate any =SIN(x) or =COS(y) correctly?

Hi,

I work with Excel on this math report and the formula I typed in just kept
not working properly. The results were all off. So I checked everything very
carefully and found out why it didn't work. In need to calculate sin and cos
so I typed =SIN(45) in one cell and =COS(45) in another cell just to check if
it works and ... Surprise! I ended up with two different results instead of
0,707 for both!!! I tried with =SIN(0), =SIN(180) and =SIN(360) and again ...
wrong (supposed to be "0" for all of them). If someone knows a way to fix
that, it would be of great help!

By the way, Happy Valentine Day!

The trig functions use radians, not degrees. Try =SIN(45*PI()/180).

"Shinygaia" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I work with Excel on this math report and the formula I typed in just kept
> not working properly. The results were all off. So I checked everything very
> carefully and found out why it didn't work. In need to calculate sin and cos
> so I typed =SIN(45) in one cell and =COS(45) in another cell just to check if
> it works and ... Surprise! I ended up with two different results instead of
> 0,707 for both!!! I tried with =SIN(0), =SIN(180) and =SIN(360) and again ...
> wrong (supposed to be "0" for all of them). If someone knows a way to fix
> that, it would be of great help!
>
> By the way, Happy Valentine Day!
>

Excel uses radians--not degrees:

=SIN(RADIANS(45))
or
=SIN(45*PI()/180)



Shinygaia wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I work with Excel on this math report and the formula I typed in just kept
> not working properly. The results were all off. So I checked everything very
> carefully and found out why it didn't work. In need to calculate sin and cos
> so I typed =SIN(45) in one cell and =COS(45) in another cell just to check if
> it works and ... Surprise! I ended up with two different results instead of
> 0,707 for both!!! I tried with =SIN(0), =SIN(180) and =SIN(360) and again ...
> wrong (supposed to be "0" for all of them). If someone knows a way to fix
> that, it would be of great help!
>
> By the way, Happy Valentine Day!

--

Dave Peterson

In Excel, angles should be expressed in Radians, not degrees

=SIN(RADIANS(45))-COS(RADIANS(45)) returns (almost) zero

--
Kind regards,

Niek Otten

"Shinygaia" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi,
>
> I work with Excel on this math report and the formula I typed in just kept
> not working properly. The results were all off. So I checked everything
> very
> carefully and found out why it didn't work. In need to calculate sin and
> cos
> so I typed =SIN(45) in one cell and =COS(45) in another cell just to check
> if
> it works and ... Surprise! I ended up with two different results instead
> of
> 0,707 for both!!! I tried with =SIN(0), =SIN(180) and =SIN(360) and again
> ...
> wrong (supposed to be "0" for all of them). If someone knows a way to fix
> that, it would be of great help!
>
> By the way, Happy Valentine Day!
>

BTW,

One simple check in HELP would have told you

--
Kind regards,

Niek Otten

"Niek Otten" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:e%[email protected]...
> In Excel, angles should be expressed in Radians, not degrees
>
> =SIN(RADIANS(45))-COS(RADIANS(45)) returns (almost) zero
>
> --
> Kind regards,
>
> Niek Otten
>
> "Shinygaia" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I work with Excel on this math report and the formula I typed in just
>> kept
>> not working properly. The results were all off. So I checked everything
>> very
>> carefully and found out why it didn't work. In need to calculate sin and
>> cos
>> so I typed =SIN(45) in one cell and =COS(45) in another cell just to
>> check if
>> it works and ... Surprise! I ended up with two different results instead
>> of
>> 0,707 for both!!! I tried with =SIN(0), =SIN(180) and =SIN(360) and again
>> ...
>> wrong (supposed to be "0" for all of them). If someone knows a way to fix
>> that, it would be of great help!
>>
>> By the way, Happy Valentine Day!
>>
>
>

*Knocks her head on the table*

I COMPLETLY forgot about radian and worst of all I knew it!!! *sigh* So much
time wasted on something as easy as that... what a shame!!! lol

Thanks to all of you guys!

"Shinygaia" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I work with Excel on this math report and the formula I typed in just kept
> not working properly. The results were all off. So I checked everything very
> carefully and found out why it didn't work. In need to calculate sin and cos
> so I typed =SIN(45) in one cell and =COS(45) in another cell just to check if
> it works and ... Surprise! I ended up with two different results instead of
> 0,707 for both!!! I tried with =SIN(0), =SIN(180) and =SIN(360) and again ...
> wrong (supposed to be "0" for all of them). If someone knows a way to fix
> that, it would be of great help!
>
> By the way, Happy Valentine Day!
>

:-}

--
Kind regards,

Niek Otten

"Shinygaia" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> *Knocks her head on the table*
>
> I COMPLETLY forgot about radian and worst of all I knew it!!! *sigh* So
> much
> time wasted on something as easy as that... what a shame!!! lol
>
> Thanks to all of you guys!
>
> "Shinygaia" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I work with Excel on this math report and the formula I typed in just
>> kept
>> not working properly. The results were all off. So I checked everything
>> very
>> carefully and found out why it didn't work. In need to calculate sin and
>> cos
>> so I typed =SIN(45) in one cell and =COS(45) in another cell just to
>> check if
>> it works and ... Surprise! I ended up with two different results instead
>> of
>> 0,707 for both!!! I tried with =SIN(0), =SIN(180) and =SIN(360) and again
>> ...
>> wrong (supposed to be "0" for all of them). If someone knows a way to fix
>> that, it would be of great help!
>>
>> By the way, Happy Valentine Day!
>>