COSH

Microsoft Office Excel 2003

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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?

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

    Selecting an example from Help

    Selecting an example from Help

  3. Press CTRL+C.
  4. In the worksheet, select cell A1, and press CTRL+V.
  5. 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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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)
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