First, let's plot the curves to see the bounded region:
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Now, we can see that the bounded region is the area under f(x) minus the area under g(x), between the intersection points (-3, 0) and (3, 0):
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This should give us the value of 36. So the area bounded by the curves f(x) = 9 - x^2 and g(x) = x - 3 is 36 square units.
Note that we used the symbolic variable x to perform the integration calculations, and the int function to perform the integration from -3 to 3 for both curves.
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