Conceptual problem with integration by parts.

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Why is it that whenever we encounter a question which can be solved by integration by parts, we get half the function?

I mean, suppose a differentiated f(x)g(x) yielded [tex]{f'(x) g(x)dx + f(x)g'(x)dx}[/tex], then why do we get only [tex]{f'(x) g(x)dx}[/tex] to extract the original function (f(x)g(x)) from?
 
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