What does (sec x)^2 equal?Would it be sec^2(x^2)?

in that form it means ...sec x * sec x.....

sec^2 x = sec (x)^2 or sec (x*x)

Hope this helps

(sec x)2 = (secx)(secx) and is usaully written as sec2x

it is not the same as sec x2 !!!

Sec (Secant) is a Trig function. It is the Reciprocal of Cosine.

(sec x) ^2 == You take the secant of X then square it.

X would be an angle of a triangle.

wish people would use ^'s where they need to be, would make their attempts at answering much more clear