Implicit differentation with chain rule

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Find the derivative, using implicit differentiation: $$2x^3=(3xy+1)^2$$

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Used the chain rule for the derivative $(3xy+1)^2$. Do I move the $2x^3$ over once I get its derivative, which is $6x^2$?

I know the answer is $(-3y^2x-y+x^2)/(x(3yx+1))$, but I am have trouble solving this problem.

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First, it may be helpful to look at patrickJMT's video on implicit differentiation.


Being careful to use the chain rule when needed, take the derivative of both sides with respect to $x$,

$$6x^2 = 2(3xy+1)\left(3y + 3x \frac{dy}{dx}\right).$$

Expand the RHS to obtain $$6x^2 = 18x^2 y\frac{dy}{dx} + 6 x\frac{dy}{dx} + 18xy^2 + 6y.$$ Rearranging, $$6x^2 - 18xy^2 - 6y = \frac{dy}{dx}(18x^2y + 6x).$$ Which gives

$$\frac{dy}{dx} = \frac{6x^2 - 18xy^2 - 6y}{18x^2y + 6x}.$$

Of course, you could clean this up a bit if desired.