C Program to Calculate the Sum of cos(x) Series

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/*
 * C program to find the sum of cos(x) series
 */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
 
void main()
{
    int n, x1, i, j;
    float x, sign, cosx, fact;
 
    printf("Enter the number of the terms in a series\n");
    scanf("%d", &n);
    printf("Enter the value of x(in degrees)\n");
    scanf("%f", &x);
    x1 = x;
    /*  Degrees to radians */
    x = x * (3.142 / 180.0);
    cosx = 1;
    sign = -1;
    for (i = 2; i <= n; i = i + 2)
    {
        fact = 1;
        for (j = 1; j <= i; j++)
        {
            fact = fact * j;
        }
        cosx = cosx + (pow(x, i) / fact) * sign;
        sign = sign * (-1);
    }
    printf("Sum of the cosine series = %7.2f\n", cosx);
    printf("The value of cos(%d) using library function = %f\n", x1,
    cos(x));
}

 

Output

 

Enter the number of the terms in a series
3
Enter the value of x(in degrees)
90
Sum of the cosine series =   -0.23
The value of cos(90) using library function = -0.000204