How to solve $\int\frac{\cos(2x)}{\cos x-\sin x}dx$?

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$$\int\frac{\cos(2x)}{\cos x-\sin x}dx$$

$\cos(2x) = \cos^2(x) - \sin^2(x)$ thus the integral becomes:
$$\int\frac{\cos^2(x)}{\cos x-\sin x} -\int\frac{\sin^2(x)}{\cos x-\sin x} $$ I am not sure what to do next, I'd appreciate any kind of help.

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Note that $\cos(2x) = \cos^2(x) - \sin^2(x) = (\cos(x)+\sin(x))(\cos(x)-\sin(x))$. Thus, we have

$$\begin{aligned} \displaystyle \int \dfrac{\cos(2x)}{\cos(x) - \sin(x)} \; \mathrm{d}x &= \displaystyle \int \dfrac{(\cos(x)+\sin(x))(\cos(x)-\sin(x))}{\cos(x) - \sin(x)} \; \mathrm{d}x\\ &= \displaystyle \int \cos(x)+\sin(x) \; \mathrm{d}x\\ &= \sin(x) - \cos(x) + C \end{aligned}$$

Therefore, the answer is $\sin(x) - \cos(x) + C$.