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$f(x)=x^\frac{5}{3}-5x^\frac{2}{3}$

is the same as :

$f(x)=(\sqrt[3]x)^5-(\sqrt[3]{5x})^2$

Except, with the first equation, my calculator returns an error for negative values of $x$ (We are assuming $x\in\mathbb{R}$ here)

The second equation seems to have no problems with negative values of $x$.

Various graphing technologies have failed to provide a conclusive result.

Does it look like this?

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or this?

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or this?

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It's driving me mad. I'm sure there's a simple explanation, or something obvious that I'm missing here.

EDIT: I think I made a mistake. $(\sqrt[3]{5x})^2$ should be $5(\sqrt[3]{x})^2$. That seems to clear up some of the issues.

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