math module broken?

[Delaney, Timothy C (Timothy)]

Frank Millman wrote:

> Here are some examples -
> 
> sin(32) -
>     Python    0.55142668
>     Microsoft 0.52991926
> 
> cos(32) -
>     Python    0.83422336
>     Microsoft 0.84804809
> 
> tan(32) -
>     Python    0.66100604
>     Microsoft 0.62486935

>>> import math
>>> math.sin(math.radians(32))
0.5299192642332049

The python trigonometric functions use radians. The Microsoft calculator
(and the textbook) use degrees.

You need to convert from degrees to radians to get the correct results.

Tim Delaney