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Re: Trig. on spreadsheets...



You can do what I do. Multiply the radians by 180 degrees and divide by pi.
It only takes a second longer.
Barlow Newbolt


On Thu, 3 Oct 1996, Delissa Souder wrote:

Greetings! Our school computers (ibm compatibles) have MicroSoft
Works for Windows (version 3.1). I would like to have my students do
some of their labs on spreadsheets. One thing I discovered is that when
using sine, cosine, and tangent (or the inverses), I get the readings in
radian mode rather than degree mode. Is there a way to get it in degree
mode? We have been working with vector problems and I would like them to
turn in their lab papers that have been done on spreadsheets.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Dwight
dsouder@ashland.edu



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