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The Maclaurin series for
cos
x
\cos x
cos
x
is
1
−
x
2
2
!
+
x
4
4
!
−
⋯
1-\frac{x^{2}}{2!}+\frac{x^{4}}{4!}-\cdots
1
−
2
!
x
2
+
4
!
x
4
−
⋯
. Determine the smallest positive integer
N
N
N
such that the polynomial including terms up through
x
2
N
x^{2N}
x
2
N
approximates
cos
(
0.7
)
\cos(0.7)
cos
(
0.7
)
with an error less than
10
−
6
10^{-6}
1
0
−
6
.
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