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#Trigonometry

DEGREES

Excel Functions

Converts radians to degrees

Syntax

EXCEL
=DEGREES(angle)

Arguments

Parameter Description
angle Angle in radians that you want to convert to degrees.

Return Value

Degrees

Details

The DEGREES function takes an angle in radians and converts it to degrees. Radians measure angles using the radius of a circle, as illustrated in this image: To convert degrees back to radians, you can use the RADIANS function. Because Pi = 180°, the general formula for degrees to radians is degrees * PI()/180. For example, to convert 45° to radians, the Excel formula would be 45*PI( )/180 which equals 0.7854 radians. More examples in the table below:

See Also

RADIANS PI