Chain Rule Differentiation: Simplifying Trigonometric Expressions

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The question:
Handwritten calculus derivation of y = ((1 - cos 2x)/(1 + cos 2x))^4 using the chain and quotient rules, with the simplified result 16 sin 2x (1 - cos 2x)^3 / (1 + cos 2x)^5 at the bottom.

This is the solution that was given by my teacher

Attempt:

I understand how the work is done until the 3-4 line. Where did the 1-cos2x disappear to in the 4th line?
I know you can use the outside inside method but try as I might, I can't seem to understand how the final answer was gotten??

Can someone please tell me what I'm missing here??
 
The differentiation is done from line 1 to line 2. The rest is just tidying things up a little. The equality from line 3 to line 4 follows simply because

\begin{equation*}
2\sin(2x)(1 + \cos(2x)) + 2\sin(2x)(1 - \cos(2x)) =2 \sin(2x)( 1 + \cos(2x) + 1 - \cos(2x)) = 4 \sin(2x).
\end{equation*}