Solving Taylor Series: Discover the Function Behind this Tricky Sequence

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Homework Statement



What function produces the following:
(\pi2/(22)) - (\pi4/(24*3!)) + (\pi6/(26*5!)) - (\pi8/(28*7!))

I'm sure this is a sin function.
But I can't figure out what exactly is the function.

Please help.
 
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That can be written as

\pi/2[\pi/2 - (\pi/2)^3/3! + (\pi/2)^5/5! + ...]
 
Is that my final answer?
Or would sin(pi/2) be it?
 
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