\(a,cos^4a-sin^4a=2cos^2a-1\\ VT=\left(cos^2a-sin^2a\right)\left(cos^2a+sin^2a\right)\\ =cos^2a-sin^2a\\ =cos2a=2cos^2a-1\)
\(b,VT=\dfrac{cos^2a+\dfrac{sin^2a}{cos^2a}-1}{sin^2a}\\ =\dfrac{\dfrac{cos^4a+sin^2a-cos^2a}{cos^2a}}{sin^2a}\\ =\dfrac{\dfrac{cos^4a+\left(1-cos^2a\right)-cos^2a}{cos^2a}}{sin^2a}\\ =\dfrac{\dfrac{cos^4a+1-2cos^2a}{cos^2a}}{sin^2a}\\ =\dfrac{\dfrac{\left(1-cos^2a\right)^2}{cos^2a}}{sin^2a}\\ =\dfrac{sin^4a}{cos^2a}:sin^2a\\ =\dfrac{sin^4a}{cos^2a}\times\dfrac{1}{sin^2a}\\ =\dfrac{sin^2a}{cos^2a}=tan^2a\)