COSH - Excel - Microsoft Office Online

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COSH

Applies to: Microsoft Office Excel 2003

Returns the hyperbolic cosine of a number.

Syntax

COSH(number)

Number is any real number for which you want to find the hyperbolic cosine.

Remark

The formula for the hyperbolic cosine is:

Equation

Example

The example may be easier to understand if you copy it to a blank worksheet.

Show How to copy an example

Create a blank workbook or worksheet.
Select the example in the Help topic.
Note Do not select the row or column headers.

Selecting an example from Help
Press CTRL+C.
In the worksheet, select cell A1, and press CTRL+V.
To switch between viewing the results and viewing the formulas that return the results, press CTRL+` (grave accent), or on the Tools menu, point to Formula Auditing, and then click Formula Auditing Mode.

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A	B
Formula	Description (Result)
=COSH(4)	Hyperbolic cosine of 4 (27.30823)
=COSH(EXP(1))	Hyperbolic cosine of the base of the natural logarithm (7.610125)