How to evaluate this expression

How to evaluate

[Steven Lord]

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Answer 1

[Voss]

Here's a list of relevant mathematical operations in MATLAB, for reference:

• Use cos for cosine when the angle is in radians
• Use sin for sine when the angle is in radians
• Use tan for tangent when the angle is in radians
• Use cosd for cosine when the angle is in degrees
• Use sind for sine when the angle is in degrees
• Use tand for tangent when the angle is in degrees
• Use sqrt to take the square root of something
• Use .^2 to square something
• Use .^(1/3) to take the cube root of something
• Use exp to take the exponential of something, e.g., e^(-0.3) is exp(-0.3)