Doubt with proof of integral of odd function

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1. The proof
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2. The doubt

What I don't understand is when he switch the variable back to x. He says that:
[tex]\displaystyle \int_{-a}^{0}{f(x)dx=-\int_{0}^{a}{f(x)dx}}[/tex]

But if we have:
[tex]\displaystyle \int_{0}^{a}{f(-t)dt=-\int_{0}^{a}{f(t)dt}}[/tex]

Then if we switch back to x we should have:
[tex]\displaystyle \int_{-a}^{0}{f(x)dx=\int_{-a}^{0}{f(-x)dx}}[/tex]

And not what he said. Could you clarify that to me?

Thanks!
 

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I think I got it. I think is a matter of the name of the variable.