Why are my integrals giving different results for the same function?

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I've been solving this exercise and I came to a point when one function can get two different integrals:
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Am I doing something wrong? Because both functions are the same, and the integrals (indefinite) are really different. This is a huge problem, because this is almost the final step of an exercise and when I exchange the current variable (x) with the previously defined function for it, the solution is VERY different.
**There should be a "-" in front of the last line of equation in the picture.
 
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In the final expression a "-" appears, but I don't see how we can just make it go away (turn positive) when we are working with variables. The variable can be +-∞.