11. INTEGRATION BY SUBSTITUTION
Note:
Integration by substitution can be used for a variety of
integrals: some compound functions, some products and
some quotients.
Sometimes we have a choice of method.
16. The chain rule allows us to
differentiate a wide variety of
functions, but we are able to find
antiderivatives for only a limited
range of functions? We can
sometimes use substitution or
change of variable to rewrite
functions in a form that we can
integrate.
17. Example 1:
5
2x dx Let 2u x
du dx
The variable of integration
must match the variable in
the expression.
Don’t forget to substitute the value
for u back into the problem!
duu5
cu 6
6
1
c
x
6
)6( 6
18. Example 2:
2
1 2x x dx
One of the clues that we look for is
if we can find a function and its
derivative in the integral.
The derivative of is .
2
1 x 2x dx
1
2
u du
3
2
2
3
u C
3
2 2
2
1
3
x C
2
Let 1u x
2du x dx
Note that this only worked because
of the 2x in the original.
Many integrals can not be done by
substitution.
19. Example 3:
4 1x dx Let 4 1u x
4du dx
1
4
du dx
Solve for dx.
1
2
1
4
u du
3
2
2 1
3 4
u C
3
2
1
6
u C
3
2
1
4 1
6
x C
20. Example 4:
cos 7 5x dx
7du dx
1
7
du dx
1
cos
7
u du
1
sin
7
u C
1
sin 7 5
7
x C
Let 7 5u x
21. Example 5:
2 3
sinx x dx
3
Let u x
2
3du x dx
21
3
du x dx
We solve for
because we can find it
in the integral.
2
x dx
1
sin
3
u du
1
cos
3
u C
31
cos
3
x C
22. Example 6:
4
sin cosx x dx
Let sinu x
cosdu x dx
4
sin cosx x dx
4
u du
51
5
u C
51
sin
5
x C
27. Exercises
Use substitution to integrate the following. (Where
possible, you could also use a 2nd method.)
dxx 8
)1(1.
dxe x3
2.
dxxx 42
)1(3.