What does tangent and cotangent give us?

Question

Like sine is used to get the y coordinate, cosine is used to give the x coordinate, what does tangent and cotangent give?

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Answer 1

In a right triangle Cos and Sin of one of the angles give you the ratio of one of the legs over the hypotenuse, tangent and cotangent of the angle give you the ratio of the two legs over each other. (which is equal to the ratio between cos and sin, since the hypotenuse is the same in those and cancels out).