On Wed, 2005-06-15 at 20:38 -0400, John W. Kennedy wrote: > Mike Carmichael wrote: > > Sorry for the confusion & Thanks for all the help! > > > > It should have mentioned that I needed the tangent of 89 Degrees & had > > converted 89 to its radian equivalent using 57.296 as the number of > > degrees in one radian before using TAN. > > That is the entire explanation of your problem. 57.296 is an > insufficiently accurate approximation of 180/pi. > > > I'm going to download the beta upgrade now! > > A good idea on general principles, but it isn't your problem. Use > RADIANS(89) instead of 89/57.296.
<tip author="Jonathon Coombes" subject="Value of Pi" category="Calc"> If you need to use pi in any of your Calc formula, then use the one provided by the program - PI(). This function returns pi with a precise value useful for calculations. </tip> Regards Jonathon -- OOo Tips (RSS) - http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/tips.rss OOo Knowledgebase - http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/ Cybersite Consulting - http://www.cybersite.com.au/ Training4Linux - http://www.training4linux.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
