Thread: Urgent help calculator problem

Well heres an example of what is happening (i'm not too good at laying out my maths):

Its cos
Adj = 4
Hyp = 10

Cos x = 4 ÷ 10
X= cos(-1) 0.4
The answer should be 66.4 but on my casio casio s-v.p.a.m it says 0.99997563
what am i doing wrong?

heres a link to the calculator if it helps
http://www.sprinterservis.cz/darky/i...ator_casio.jpg

Hello, mojo6592!

Hard to understand what you're saying . . . but I'll take a guess.

Then: .

This is correct!
[You're pressing the wrong keys on your calculator.]

You should get: .


Press: .

That is, use the "key" that has: .


What you found is: .

Originally Posted by mojo6592

Well heres an example of what is happening (i'm not too good at laying out my maths):

Its cos
Adj = 4
Hyp = 10

Cos x = 4 ÷ 10
X= cos(-1) 0.4
The answer should be 66.4 but on my casio casio s-v.p.a.m it says 0.99997563
what am i doing wrong?

heres a link to the calculator if it helps
http://www.sprinterservis.cz/darky/i...ator_casio.jpg

A friend of mine has a calc like that.

(The button at the top left)