Windows 10: Inconsistent Behavior of Arccot Function cot⁻¹ in Windows Calculator Compared to Standard...

Hello Microsoft Team,I would like to bring to your attention an inconsistency in how the Windows Calculator handles the inverse cotangent [removed_js]. This issue has implications for students, educators, and professionals relying on accurate mathematical behavior from built-in tools.Observed Behavior:When I enter the expression in Windows Calculator Scientific:arccotxthe Windows Calculator returns the error:"Cannot divide by zero"This suggests that the calculator is evaluating cot⁻¹x as:arccotx = arctan1/xThis is not the mathematically standard definition and leads to unexpected beh

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Windows 10 Standard Calculator not using standard order of operations

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We appreciate you for being part of Windows 10.

This issue may arise if you are using Standard calculator.

Try the below steps:

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  Open the Calculator through Start menu.
  
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  Once you open, click on menu button (Three horizontal lines at top left corner).
  
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  Select Scientific calculator.
  
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  Now type 1+2*3, it will give the answer as 7.
  

Note: There will be different way of operations integrated into Standard and Scientific calculators.

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Decimal point in Windows 10 Calculator (standard mode) doesn't work!!!!

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Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

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  Are you referring to the default calculator or the other modern calculator apps from the store?
  
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  Since when are you facing the issue?
  

I suggest you to run Windows App Troubleshooter and check if it helps.

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Switching Between Windows - Inconsistent Behavior

Hello Community,

This behavior started approximately 3 weeks ago. Hardware and software configuration has remained the same before and after the issue manifested. (Details below)

What I see is this:

1) I have more than 1 application open

2) I have 2 or more icons in the taskbar - one "active" (currently in use) and one "Inactive" (in the background or minimized)

3) I click the "inactive" icon to bring the inactive window forward.

4) Here's where it gets weird:

• The context in the taskbar changes (now the inactive program is highlighted as active)
• You can see briefly the animation of the other window maximizing
• The "active window" loses context and the active content areas go grey as if the window is now inactive
• But the previously "inactive" window which should now be active stays hidden in the background and does not come forward.
• I can minimize the active window to get at the other one, which IS indeed maximized in the background, but it won't "come to front"
• If I have a smaller window tiled on top of a larger one, and click the larger window in the background, the smaller window (though inactive now) stays on top. (Example - calculator open on top of Firefox - when I click on Firefox the calculator stays on
  top even though it has no reason to.)

This behavior happens clicking on the taskbar AND using Alt+Tab

This behavior is not consistent. Sometimes it works fine. Sometimes I can click an icon 2 or 3 times (maximize, minimize, maximize again) and the inactive window will come to front as expected. Sometimes it takes 6 or 7 attempts. Sometimes it doesn't work
at all.

I have not used the "stay on top" functionality (Ctrl+Space)

I have not enabled the ease of access feature for "Hover to Activate" windows

The problem happens using touchpad/keyboard on laptop and external USB mouse and keyboard.

I am running Windows 10 Home, 64-bit. I am running a Dell Alienware 17 laptop with i7-4980HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz and 16GB RAM. System performance is not an issue.

Most commonly this occurs when I have Firefox, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, and an Explorer window open. I basically can't switch between the windows reliably without minimizing everything and opening one window at a time.

Thank you so much as any help would be greatly appreciated, this is driving me nuts!