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Inside Our Calculus Courseware: Trigonometric Integrals
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Inside Our Calculus Courseware: Trigonometric Substitutions
The word “Trigonometric” by itself scares students. Combining it with “Substitutions and Evaluation” is downright terrifying. After all, the student must select the appropriate substitution, transform the integrand from an algebraic to a trigonometric expression, make the appropriate change in limits of integration (or rewrite their antiderivative in terms of the original variable), and finally … Continue reading Inside Our Calculus Courseware: Trigonometric Substitutions
Inside Our Calculus Courseware: Convergence Tests
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Inside Our Calculus Courseware: Integration by Parts
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Step-by-Step Tutor Helps Students Break Down Calculus Problems into Manageable Pieces
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