Excel trig formula problem.

prostreet

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Help with an Excel formula.
I'm trying to find the correct formula in Excel to find one angle in a right tringle. Given the hypotenuse of 5. One angle of 36.8699 deg. and of course 90. deg.
I input in a scientific calculator as,
"5 * cos(36.8699).
I receive 3.99999 which is correct.
In Excel i get 3.377285781.
I believe I tried a few things like =degrees(5*cos(36.8699)),
=cell r_c*PI()/180.
Still incorrect .
Any and all help with this simple problem will be appreciated.
Thank you!
Jerome
 

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How about
+Fluff 1.xlsm
AB
1
253.999999877
336.8699
Main
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
B2B2=A2*COS(RADIANS(A3))
 
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Glad to help & thanks for the feedback.
 
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The three angles in a triangle always add up to 180 degrees so the third angle in your triange is:
180 -90 -36.8699=53.1301 degrees
 
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