Getting a 35S/33S to behave

[Thomas Klemm]

(04-24-2014 06:02 PM)Matt Agajanian Wrote:  Although trig operations near 90 degrees are a dud, is there a means to normalise a near 90 value so that a trig function can return an accurate result?

Use \(\sin(x)=\cos(90-x)\) and \(\tan(x)=\frac{1}{\tan(90-x)}\).

Quote:Would converting the angle from degrees to radians/grads and calculating the trig function in radians/grads help?

Probably not. Replace \(90\) by \(\frac{\pi}{2}\) in the formulas above when using radians mode.

Cheers
Thomas