# How to appraoch solving this series?

I am given the following series and asked to solve it. $\sum\limits_{n=1}^\infty \dfrac{(-2)^n}{(2n+1)!}$ I recognize that this series is somewhat similar to the Taylor series for $sinx$ which is $\sum\limits_{n=0}^\infty (-1)^n\dfrac{x^{2n+1}}{(2n+1)!}$.

However, I am not really able to relate these two series in order to solve them, especially since my series starts at 1 and once I rewrite the $sinx$ series to match that, I am completely lost.

Since $\sin(x)-x =\sum\limits_{n=1}^\infty (-1)^n\dfrac{x^{2n+1}}{(2n+1)!}$, $\dfrac{\sin(x)-x}{x} =\sum\limits_{n=1}^\infty (-1)^n\dfrac{x^{2n}}{(2n+1)!} =\sum\limits_{n=1}^\infty \dfrac{(-x^2)^{n}}{(2n+1)!}$.
Therefore, putting $\sqrt{x}$ for $x$, $\dfrac{\sin(\sqrt{x})-\sqrt{x}}{\sqrt{x}} =\sum\limits_{n=1}^\infty \dfrac{(-x)^{n}}{(2n+1)!}$.
• Subtract $1$ because the series actually starts at $n=1$, not $n=0$, so the first term of the expansion is ignored. – Noble Mushtak Apr 19 '16 at 23:50
• Shouldn't it be $sin(x)-x$ instead of $sinx-1$?? Because the first term is an x. – jessicajjensen Apr 20 '16 at 0:58