We need to find the first, second, third, etc derivatives and evaluate them at x = 0. Starting with:
f(x) = sin x
f(0) = 0
First dervative:
f '(x) = cos x
f '(0) = cos 0 = 1
Second dervative:
f ''(x) = -sin x
f ''(0) = -sin 0 = 0
Third dervative:
f '''(x) = -cos x
f '''(0) = -cos 0 = -1
Fourth dervative:
f iv(x) = sin x
f iv(0) = sin 0 = 0
We observe that this pattern will continue forever.
Now to substitute the values of these derivatives into the Maclaurin Series:
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We have:
This gives us: