If $f_k(x)=\frac{1}{k}\left (\sin^kx +\cos^kx\right)$, then $f_4(x)-f_6(x)=\;?$ I arrived to this question while solving a question paper. The question is as follows:

If $f_k(x)=\frac{1}{k}\left(\sin^kx + \cos^kx\right)$, where $x$ belongs to $\mathbb{R}$ and $k>1$, then $f_4(x)-f_6(x)=?$

I started as 
$$\begin{align}
f_4(x)-f_6(x)&=\frac{1}{4}(\sin^4x + \cos^4x) - \frac{1}{6}(\sin^6x + \cos^6x) \tag{1}\\[4pt]
&=\frac{3}{12}\sin^4x + \frac{3}{12}\cos^4x - \frac{2}{12}\sin^6x - \frac{2}{12}\cos^6x \tag{2}\\[4pt]
&=\frac{1}{12}\left(3\sin^4x + 3\cos^4x - 2\sin^6x - 2\cos^6x\right) \tag{3}\\[4pt]
&=\frac{1}{12}\left[\sin^4x\left(3-2\sin^2x\right) + \cos^4x\left(3-2\cos^2x\right)\right] \tag{4}\\[4pt]
&=\frac{1}{12}\left[\sin^4x\left(1-2\cos^2x\right) + \cos^4x\left(1-2\sin^2x\right)\right] \tag{5} \\[4pt]
&\qquad\quad \text{(substituting $\sin^2x=1-\cos^2x$ and $\cos^2x=1-\sin^2x$)} \\[4pt]
&=\frac{1}{12}\left(\sin^4x-2\cos^2x\sin^4x+\cos^4x-2\sin^2x\cos^4x\right) \tag{6} \\[4pt]
&=\frac{1}{12}\left[\sin^4x+\cos^4x-2\cos^2x\sin^2x\left(\sin^2x+\cos^2x\right)\right] \tag{7} \\[4pt]
&=\frac{1}{12}\left(\sin^4x+\cos^4x-2\cos^2x\sin^2x\right) \tag{8} \\[4pt]
&\qquad\quad\text{(because $\sin^2x+\cos^2x=1$)} \\[4pt]
&=\frac{1}{12}\left(\cos^2x-\sin^2x\right)^2 \tag{9} \\[4pt]
&=\frac{1}{12}\cos^2(2x) \tag{10}\\[4pt]
&\qquad\quad\text{(because $\cos^2x-\sin^2x=\cos2x$)}
\end{align}$$
Hence the answer should be ...
$$f_4(x)-f_6(x)=\frac{1}{12}\cos^2(2x)$$
... but the answer given was $\frac{1}{12}$.
I know this might be a very simple question but trying many a times also didn't gave me the right answer. Please tell me where I am doing wrong.

‘Tis I have a better solution to solve this math problem...
Let $a = \cos^2 x$ and $b = \sin^2 x,$ so $a + b = 1.$ Then
[(a + b)^2 = a^2 + 2ab + b^2 = 1,]so $a^2 + b^2 = 1 - 2ab.$ Also,
[(a + b)^3 = a^3 + 3a^2 b + 3ab^2 + b^3 = 1,]so
\begin{align*}
a^3 + b^3 &= 1 - (3a^2 b + 3ab^2) \\
&= 1 - 3ab(a + b) \\
&= 1 - 3ab.
\end{align*}Therefore,
\begin{align*}
f_4(x) - f_6(x) &= \frac{\sin^4 x + \cos^4 x}{4} - \frac{\sin^6 x + \cos^6 x}{6} \\
&= \frac{a^2 + b^2}{4} - \frac{a^3 + b^3}{6} \\
&= \frac{1 - 2ab}{4} - \frac{1 - 3ab}{6} \\
&= \boxed{\frac{1}{12}}.
\end{align*}
BTW, I solved this
