Limits of Integration in Trig Substitution Lets say you must perform a simple integral with trigonometric substitution - we'll choose $\int{\sqrt{1-x^2}dx}$ from $0$ to $17$.  Now we use $x = \sin(t)$ for our substitution.  Here's my problem: the limits of integration for $x$ range from $0$ to $17$, but $\sin$ never achieves a value greater than $1$.  How do we change the limits of integration to accommodate this?  
Note: I am not interested in writing in the limits at the very end, after back-substituting.

The function $\sqrt{1-x^2}$ is not defined for $x\gt 1$, so you will not be wanting to integrate it from $0$ to $17$. Thus the issue does not arise. 
As $t$ travels from $-\pi$ to $\pi$, $\sin t$ travels smoothly from $-1$ to $1$, so the substitution is suitable for $\int_a ^b\sqrt{1-t^2}\,dt$, where $-1\le a\le b\le 1$.
Once can imagine running into problems, with for example $\int_0^3\sqrt{17-x^2}\,dx$. This is perfectly well defined. The substitution $x=\sin t$ would not be suitable, since $\sin t$ does not take on values in the interval $(2,3]$. Luckily, the substitution is not useful! For this problem we would use $x=\sqrt{17}\sin t$. 
