Rewrite the trigonometric expression $\cos\left(x\right)^2\sin\left(x\right)^2$ inside the integral
Expand the integral $\int\left(\cos\left(x\right)^2-\cos\left(x\right)^{4}\right)dx$ into $2$ integrals using the sum rule for integrals, to then solve each integral separately
The integral $\int\cos\left(x\right)^2dx$ results in: $\frac{1}{2}x+\frac{1}{4}\sin\left(2x\right)$
Gather the results of all integrals
The integral $\int-\cos\left(x\right)^{4}dx$ results in: $\frac{-\cos\left(x\right)^{3}\sin\left(x\right)}{4}-\frac{3}{4}\left(\frac{1}{2}x+\frac{1}{4}\sin\left(2x\right)\right)$
Gather the results of all integrals
As the integral that we are solving is an indefinite integral, when we finish integrating we must add the constant of integration $C$
Expand and simplify
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