A unit-circle terminal point stores the two basic trig values in coordinate order: cosine is horizontal and sine is vertical. Preserve that order before reading signs or magnitudes. Squaring and adding the two coordinates should give one, which checks that the point and the resulting values are consistent with the unit circle.
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