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    <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Sin Function</title>
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  <bookmark_value>Sin function</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3153896" role="heading" level="1" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03080103.xhp" name="Sin Function">Sin Function</link></paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3149456" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Returns the sine of an angle. The angle is specified in radians. The result lies between -1 and 1.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3153379" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Using the angle Alpha, the Sin Function returns the ratio of the length of the opposite side of an angle to the length of the hypotenuse in a right-angled triangle.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3148798" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Sin(Alpha) = side opposite the angle/hypotenuse</paragraph>

<paragraph id="hd_id3147230" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Syntax:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3154909" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">Sin (Number)</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3156214" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Return value:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3150870" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Double</paragraph>

<paragraph id="hd_id3155132" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Parameters:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3145786" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>Number:</emph> Numeric expression that defines the angle in radians that you want to calculate the sine for.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3155413" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">To convert degrees to radians, multiply degrees by Pi/180, and to convert radians to degrees, multiply radians by 180/Pi.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3149664" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">grad=(radiant*180)/pi</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3153143" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">radiant=(grad*pi)/180</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3151112" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Pi is approximately 3.141593.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3163712" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Example:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3149482" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">' In this example, the following entry is possible for a right-angled triangle:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3148577" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">' The side opposite the angle and the angle (in degrees) to calculate the length of the hypotenuse:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341562464" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Sub ExampleSine</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3150011" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">' Pi = 3.1415926 is a predefined variable</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341559440" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim d1 As Double</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341558208" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim dAlpha As Double</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3145251" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">    d1 = InputBox("Enter the length of the opposite side: ","Opposite Side")</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3148456" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">    dAlpha = InputBox("Enter the angle Alpha (in degrees): ","Alpha")</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3153877" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">    Print "The length of the hypotenuse is"; (d1 / sin (dAlpha * Pi / 180))</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341551616" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">End Sub</paragraph>
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