Using the Cauchy Integral Theorem for Derivatives to evaluate an integral

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I ran into this question which hints me to use Cauchy's Integral Theorem for Derivatives, however I don't seem to be able to fit this integral into the form of the Integral Formula

$$\displaystyle \int_{|z|=2} \frac{\cos(z)}{z(z^2+8)}dz$$ I tried using the fact that $\displaystyle \int_\gamma f(z)dz=\int_a^b f(\gamma(t))\gamma'(t)dt$ for $\gamma(t)$ where $t \in [a, b]$. But got nowhere. Is there a way I can transform the given integral into the form in which I can use the Integral Formula as stated below?

$$f^{(k)}(w)=\frac{k!}{2\pi i}\int_\gamma \frac{f(z)}{(z-w)^{k+1}}dz$$ where $f^{(k)}(w)$ is the $k^{th}$ derivative of $f$

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By Cauchy's integral theorem,$$\oint_{\lvert z\rvert=2}\frac{\cos z}{z(z^2+8)}\,\mathrm dz=\oint_{\lvert z\rvert=2}\frac{\frac{\cos z}{z^2+8}}z\,\mathrm dz=2\pi i\times\frac{\cos0}{0^2+8}=\frac{\pi i}4.$$

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The function $\displaystyle f(z)=\frac{\cos(z)}{z^2+8}$ is analytic on $|z|=2$ then using Cauchy's Integral Theorem $$\displaystyle \int_{|z|=2} \frac{\cos(z)}{z(z^2+8)}dz=\int_{|z|=2} \dfrac{\frac{\cos(z)}{z^2+8}}{z}dz=2\pi i\times f(0)=\dfrac{\pi i}{4}$$