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The result lies between -1 and 1.</paragraph> 38</section> 39<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153379" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">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> 40<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148798" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Sin(Alpha) = side opposite the angle/hypotenuse</paragraph> 41<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147230" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Syntax:</paragraph> 42<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154909" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Sin (Number)</paragraph> 43<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156214" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Return value:</paragraph> 44<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150870" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">Double</paragraph> 45<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155132" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="9">Parameters:</paragraph> 46<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145786" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10"> 47<emph>Number:</emph> Numeric expression that defines the angle in radians that you want to calculate the sine for.</paragraph> 48<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155413" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">To convert degrees to radians, multiply degrees by Pi/180, and to convert radians to degrees, multiply radians by 180/Pi.</paragraph> 49<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149664" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">grad=(radiant*180)/pi</paragraph> 50<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153143" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">radiant=(grad*pi)/180</paragraph> 51<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151112" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Pi is approximately 3.141593.</paragraph> 52<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/> 53<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/> 54<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3163712" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="15">Example:</paragraph> 55<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149482" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">REM In this example, the following entry is possible for a right-angled triangle:</paragraph> 56<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148577" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">REM The side opposite the angle and the angle (in degrees) to calculate the length of the hypotenuse:</paragraph> 57<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152941" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">Sub ExampleSine</paragraph> 58<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150011" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">REM Pi = 3.1415926 is a predefined variable</paragraph> 59<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153159" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">Dim d1 as Double</paragraph> 60<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154491" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">Dim dAlpha as Double</paragraph> 61<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145251" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">d1 = InputBox$ ("Enter the length of the opposite side: ","Opposite Side")</paragraph> 62<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148456" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">dAlpha = InputBox$ ("Enter the angle Alpha (in degrees): ","Alpha")</paragraph> 63<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153877" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24">Print "The length of the hypotenuse is"; (d1 / sin (dAlpha * Pi / 180))</paragraph> 64<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150717" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">End Sub</paragraph> 65</body> 66</helpdocument> 67