Integration Limits: Is Upper Limit Always Greater Than Lower?

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is the upper limit always greater than the lower limit in integration?

what should be the limits if we need to calculate total work done in bringing a mass from infinity to distance r from earth.
 
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Miraj Kayastha said:
what should be the limits if we need to calculate total work done in bringing a mass from infinity to distance r from earth.

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There is decrease in potential energy of system. So, negative work is done. -{infinity to r}