 Solution

For $x>0$, the exponent $x/(1+x)$ lies in $(0,1)$, and $0\le {\cos }^{4}x\le 1$. ConsequentlyThe last inequality uses the positive-term power series $e^x={\sum }_{k\ge 0}{x}^k/k!\ge x^2/2$ for $x>0$. The final bound tends to zero, so the squeeze theorem gives limit $0$.