Numerical Approximation of Cosine using Maclaurin Series Collapse context In this task, you are required to write a code which takes as an input an angle [0∘0∘, 90∘90∘] in radians and returns the approximate value of the cosine of this angle. The code will also take as an input the number of terms to be used to approximate the result. We will use the Maclaurin series of cos(x) to approximate the result. The series is given by:
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In this task, you are required to write a code which takes as an input an angle [0∘0∘, 90∘90∘] in radians and returns the approximate value of the cosine of this angle. The code will also take as an input the number of terms to be used to approximate the result.
We will use the Maclaurin series of cos(x) to approximate the result. The series is given by:
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