From:	Kertis Henderson <kertis AT frozenwave DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: sin() and cos() ???
Date:	Thu, 17 Dec 1998 02:39:35 -0500
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Mike Purtell wrote:
> 
> What am I missing ?
> 
> I call ...
> 
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <math.h>
> ...
> printf("The SIN of 45 Deg is %.2f\n",sin(45) );
> and get .851 ??
> and then
> printf("The COS of 45 Deg is %.2f\n",cos(45) );
> and get .525 ????
> ...
> I would expect .707 for both !

The sine of 45 radians is .851, and the cosine of 45 radians is .525. 
These functions don't take degrees as arguments.

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Kertis Henderson
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