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Get Cosine Method

The Get Cosine method returns the cosine of an angle. The angle can be positive or negative. The return value is between negative 1 and 1. To convert degrees to radians, this method multiples the return value by (PI/180). The value of PI is approximately 3.14159.

Format

Cos(number)

The following table describes the arguments that you can use with this method.

Example

The following example finds the length of a roof, given the roof pitch, and the distance of the house from the house center to the outside wall of the house:

Sub Button_Click
   Dim bwidth As Single, roof As Single, pitch As Single
   Dim msgtext
   Const PI = 3.14159
   Const conversion = PI/180
   pitch = 35
   pitch = Cos(pitch * conversion)
   bwidth = 75
   roof = bwidth/pitch
   msgtext = "The length of the roof is " & _
      Format(roof, "##.##") & " feet."
End Sub