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From: [e-mail] (Naftali Sturm)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Help with sin() - big problem
Date: 5 Mar 1996 17:50:10 GMT
Organization: York University
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I have a big problem.
I am making a math and trigonometry program which, one of its functions
is to compute the sine of a number.
 The way I did it was.
    result = sin(numb);

result and num are both float's.
 The problem is that when numb is 1.0, the
program gives me .84147 , and when numb is 45.0
the program gives me .85090, and each number is a different result.
However I took a look at my sine table in my trigonometry book, and
it says the sine of 1 is .018, the sine of 45 is .707, and
different results than what my program said.
  Why?

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