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  <bookmark_value>Cos function</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph id="par_id3159413" role="paragraph">Calculates the cosine of an angle. The angle is specified in radians. The result lies between -1 and 1.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3150358" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Using the angle Alpha, the <literal>Cos</literal> function calculates the ratio of the length of the side that is adjacent to the angle, divided by the length of the hypotenuse in a right-angled triangle.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3154141" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><literal>Cos</literal>(Alpha) = Adjacent/Hypotenuse</paragraph>

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<paragraph id="par_id3153770" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>Number:</emph> Numeric expression that specifies an angle in radians that you want to calculate the cosine for.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3145749" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">To convert degrees to radians, multiply degrees by pi/180. To convert radians to degrees, multiply radians by 180/pi.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3149664" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">degree=(radian*180)/pi</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3146985" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">radian=(degree*pi)/180</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3152885" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><literal>Pi</literal> is here the fixed circle constant with the rounded value 3.14159...</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3155855" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">' The following example allows for a right-angled triangle the input of</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3149484" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">' secant and angle (in degrees) and calculates the length of the hypotenuse:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341562416" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Sub ExampleCosinus</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3150010" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">' rounded Pi = 3.14159</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341559424" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim d1 As Double, dAngle As Double</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3144764" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">    d1 = InputBox("Enter the length of the adjacent side: ","Adjacent")</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3154491" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">    dAngle = InputBox("Enter the angle Alpha (in degrees): ","Alpha")</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3151074" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">    Print "The length of the hypothenuse is"; (d1 / cos (dAngle * Pi / 180))</paragraph>
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