Public bug reported:

When using radians as unit of angles, gcalctool returns incorrect
answers.

For example,

acos(-1) -> 180 radians = 10313.24 degrees
cos(3.141592) -> 0.99849715

The correct answers are 3.14159265358979... and -0.99849715,
respectively.

gcalctool 6.6.0-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu 12.10 amd64

** Affects: gcalctool (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Calculations messed up when using radians

Status in “gcalctool” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When using radians as unit of angles, gcalctool returns incorrect
  answers.

  For example,

  acos(-1) -> 180 radians = 10313.24 degrees
  cos(3.141592) -> 0.99849715

  The correct answers are 3.14159265358979... and -0.99849715,
  respectively.

  gcalctool 6.6.0-0ubuntu1
  Ubuntu 12.10 amd64

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