$\int\limits_{0}^{\dfrac{\pi }{2}}{{{\cos }^{2}}xdx}$
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Ans: Given $I=\int\limits_{0}^{\dfrac{\pi }{2}}{{{\cos }^{2}}xdx}$ …(1)
We know that,
$\int\limits_{0}^{a}{f\left( x \right)dx}=\int\limits_{0}^{a}{f\left( a-x \right)dx}$
Therefore, the integral becomes
$I=\int\limits_{0}^{\dfrac{\pi }{2}}{{{\cos }^{2}}\left( \dfrac{\pi }{2}-x \right)dx}$
$\Rightarrow I=\int\limits_{0}^{\dfrac{\pi }{2}}{{{\sin }^{2}}xdx}$ …(2)
Adding equation (1) and (2),
$2I=\int\limits_{0}^{\dfrac{\pi }{2}}{\left( {{\sin }^{2}}x+{{\cos }^{2}}x \right)dx}$
$\Rightarrow 2I=\int\limits_{0}^{\dfrac{\pi }{2}}{1dx}$
$\Rightarrow 2I=\left[ x \right]_{0}^{\dfrac{\pi }{2}}$
$\Rightarrow 2I=\dfrac{\pi }{2}$
$\Rightarrow I=\dfrac{\pi }{4}$
$\therefore \int\limits_{0}^{\dfrac{\pi }{2}}{{{\cos }^{2}}xdx}=\dfrac{\pi }{4}$