Solve the following: ${{\cos }^{4}}2x$.
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Ans: Given expression ${{\cos }^{4}}2x$.
Given expression can be written as
${{\cos }^{4}}2x={{\left( {{\cos }^{2}}2x \right)}^{2}}$
$\Rightarrow {{\cos }^{4}}2x={{\left( \frac{1+\cos 4x}{2} \right)}^{2}}$
$\Rightarrow {{\cos }^{4}}2x=\frac{1}{4}\left( 1+{{\cos }^{2}}4x+2\cos 4x \right)$
$\Rightarrow {{\cos }^{4}}2x=\frac{1}{4}\left( 1+\frac{1+\cos 8x}{2}+2\cos 4x \right)$
\[\Rightarrow {{\cos }^{4}}2x=\frac{1}{4}\left( 1+\frac{1}{2}+\frac{\cos 8x}{2}+2\cos 4x \right)\]
\[\Rightarrow {{\cos }^{4}}2x=\frac{1}{4}\left( \frac{3}{2}+\frac{\cos 8x}{2}+2\cos 4x \right)\]
Integration of given expression is
\[\Rightarrow \int{{{\cos }^{4}}2xdx}=\int{\left( \frac{3}{8}+\frac{\cos 8x}{8}+\frac{\cos 4x}{2} \right)dx}\]
\[\therefore \int{{{\cos }^{4}}2xdx}=\frac{3}{8}x+\frac{\sin 8x}{64}+\frac{\sin 4x}{8}+C\]