When integrated 1/y^2 becomes -1/y why is this?

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when integrated 1/y^2 becomes -1/y why is this?
 
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If you mean integrating with respect to y, try taing the derivative of -1/y.
 
i still don't understand
 
daveb said:
If you mean integrating with respect to y, try taing the derivative of -1/y.

escobar147 said:
i still don't understand
daveb is asking you to find this derivative:
$$\frac{d}{dy}\left(\frac{-1}{y}\right)$$
 
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