Using Sin in excel for ie sin of 310 in excel is 0.850, which sho.

[Guest]

I have a problem on doing traverse tables for navigation in excel. on
entering the sine for a course of 310 degrees, I recieve an answer of
0.850887689. I take this as being radians. However on using a calculator the
sine for 310 degrees
is -0.766044443, which is the correct answer. How do I correct this in excel

 

[John Vinson]

I have a problem on doing traverse tables for navigation in excel. on
entering the sine for a course of 310 degrees, I recieve an answer of
0.850887689. I take this as being radians. However on using a calculator the
sine for 310 degrees
is -0.766044443, which is the correct answer. How do I correct this in excel

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I suspect that the sine of 310 radians is 0.85...<checking> yep.

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