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Using Half angle calculator
Calculate the sine, cosine and tangent of half your angle in degrees.
The sign comes from the actual half-angle quadrant, not an always-positive square root. Tangent is undefined at half-angles of 90° plus whole half-turns.
A worked example
Example inputs: angle θ (degrees) = 180. sin(θ/2) = 1.
Before you use the result
The sign comes from the actual half-angle quadrant, not an always-positive square root. Tangent is undefined at half-angles of 90° plus whole half-turns.
Example results for angle θ (degrees)
These examples use the formula above. They are reference calculations, not recommended settings.
| Angle θ (degrees) | sin(θ/2) |
|---|---|
| 90 | 0.707106781187 |
| 180 | 1 |
| 360 | 1.22464679915e-16 |
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