\(a)\;sin(\alpha + \beta ).sin(\alpha - \beta ) = \;\frac{1}{2}.\left[ {cos\left( {\alpha + \beta - \alpha + \beta } \right) - cos\left( {\alpha + \beta + \alpha - \beta } \right)} \right]\)
\(\begin{array}{l} = \;\frac{1}{2}.(cos2\beta - cos2\alpha ) = \;\frac{1}{2}.(1 - 2si{n^2}\beta - 1 + 2si{n^2}\alpha )\\ = si{n^2}\alpha - si{n^2}\beta \end{array}\)
\(\begin{array}{l}b)\;co{s^4}\alpha - co{s^4}\left( {\alpha - \frac{\pi }{2}} \right) = \;co{s^4}\alpha - si{n^4}\alpha \\ = \;(co{s^2}\alpha + si{n^2}\alpha )(co{s^2}\alpha - si{n^2}\alpha )\\ = \;co{s^2}\alpha -si{n^2}\alpha = cos2\alpha .\end{array}\)