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`sin ^2 ""(2pi )/(7) + sin ^2"" (3pi )/(14) + sin ^2 ""(11 pi)/(14) + sin ^2 ""(5 pi)/(7) ` is

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1

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`3/2`

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`2`

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`3`

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