So, you’re at the exam, you’ve been staring at the question for 10 minutes, and the clock is ticking...How do you know which integration technique to use for a particular question?
If you're enrolled in a calculus II class, you've probably encountered the following techniques:
Basic Substitution Method Integration by Parts Powers of Trigonometric Functions Trigonometric Substitution Partial FractionsIn this blog, we'll explore each of these techniques in greater detail, and consider some examples where the technique applies.
To start, nearly every integrand you come across can be simplified to look like one of these forms:
Most teachers will be kind enough to provide these formulas on a test, either in the form of a derivative or an integ ...