Answer

We see here that 2 pi/3 radians is an angle whose terminal side lies in Quadrant II and our reference angle is 60°. So we are working with a 30°- 60°- 90° triangle, and we will treat the value of the adjacent side of the triangle as negative. Hence, we have the following values for the trig functions:

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James A. Sellers