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Definite Integral of Secant Squared

The definite integral warmup

\( \int_{0}^{\pi/3} \sec^2 x \, dx \)
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What this problem tests

Tests the student's recall of basic trigonometric antiderivatives and exact values of trigonometric functions.

This is a standard introductory problem in Calculus I when learning to evaluate definite integrals of basic trigonometric functions.

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