Trigonometric substitution
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Trigonometric substitution is the technique of replacing unknown variables in equations with or
In calculus, it is used to evaluate integrals with expressions such as
and
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[hide]To evaluate an expression such as , we make use of the identity . Set and the radical will go away.
Making use of the identity , simply let .
Since , let .
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