Lesson Plan: Integration by Trigonometric Substitutions Mathematics
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to use trigonometric substitutions to evaluate integrals containing radicals of the form √(𝑥² ± 𝑎²).
Objectives
Students will be able to
- learn how to use trigonometric substitutions to evaluate integrals containing radicals of the form .
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- basic integration,
- integration by -substitution (reverse chain rule),
- trigonometric integrals.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- partial fractions,
- integration by parts,
- definite integrals.