The Two Main Antiderivative Rules
Special Case Antiderivatives (The ones you have to memorize)
U-Substitution
Initial Value Problems: Finding the +C
Fundamental Theorem of Calculus Part 1

U-Substitution

U-substitution is how you take the antiderivative (undo the derivative) of an equation that came from a Chain Rule  derivative. U-substitution is an antiderivative process that takes an integral that you don’t know how to solve, and rewrites the integral so that it becomes an integral you do know how to solve (i.e., turns it into either a power rule or a special case  antiderivative).

My u-substitution method is different than many teachers that I have seen. Believe me my method works, my method is easier, my method works better than the more standardized way of teaching u-substitution, and my method is completely accepted by those who grade the AP Calculus Exam because it is mathematically the same. My method does not require you to find what you need to multiply by or “see” what you need to multiply by in order to substitute in your u . My method requires no “seeing” anything, and just works.

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