Which of the following is the third–degree Maclaurin polynomial for ?

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Problem

Which of the following is the third–degree Maclaurin polynomial for

\sin x

? (a)

x+\dfrac{x^{3}}{6}

(b)

x-\dfrac{x^{3}}{6}

(c)

1-\dfrac{x^{2}}{2}+\dfrac{x^{4}}{24}

(d)

x-\dfrac{x^{3}}{3}