1) I would suggest rearranging to take advantage of that cosine limit they gave you:
. . . . .x<sup>2</sup>/(1 - cos(4x))
. . . . .(4x<sup>2</sup>)/(4(1 - cos(4x)))
. . . . .[(4x)/(1 - cos(4x))] [x/4]
2) I'm not seeing anything obvious with this one, but then, I'm also in the hurry at the moment. I'll try to get back to this in a bit, when I get back home, if nobody else has replied in the interim. Thank you for your patience.
3) Please refrain from cussing out the volunteers. Thank you for your consideration.
Eliz.