Write the Fourier integral of x^2

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I was asked to write down the Fourier integral of $x^2$ using the following convention:

$$\begin{align*} \text{Fourier transform}\quad&\hat{f}(k) = \dfrac1{2\pi}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}f(x)\,e^{-ikx}\,\mathrm dx \\ \text{Fourier integral}\quad&f(x) = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\hat{f}(k)\,e^{ikx}\,\mathrm dk \end{align*}$$

However the solution has baffled me as it was written as follows: $$ x^2 = -\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\delta''(k)\,e^{ikx}\,\mathrm dk $$

I have no idea how this is the solution any help would be appreciated.