Implicit differentiation of the function defined by the equation $y^2 = x^2 + \sin(xy)$

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During implicit differentiation of this problem: $y^2 = x^2 + \sin(xy)$

I cannot figure out why at this point in differentiation this:

$$2y\frac{dy}{dx}= 2x + \left(\cos xy\right) \left(y+x\frac{dy}{dx}\right)$$

changes to:

$$2y\frac{dy}{dx}- \left(\cos xy\right) \left(x\right)\frac{dy}{dx}= 2x + \left(\cos xy\right)y$$

If they subtracted the $\cos xy$ from one side why is it still on the other?

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\begin{align*} 2y\frac{\mathrm dy}{\mathrm dx} &= 2x + (\cos xy)(y+x\frac{\mathrm dy}{\mathrm dx}) &&\text{Initial equation} \\ 2y\frac{\mathrm dy}{\mathrm dx} &= 2x + (\cos xy)(y) + (\cos xy)(x)\frac{\mathrm dy}{\mathrm dx} &&\text{Expand \((y+x\frac{\mathrm dy}{\mathrm dx})\)} \\ 2y\frac{\mathrm dy}{\mathrm dx} - (\cos xy)(x)\frac{\mathrm dy}{\mathrm dx} &= 2x + (\cos xy)(y) &&\text{Subtract \((\cos xy)(x)\frac{\mathrm dy}{\mathrm dx}\)} \end{align*}

The point to note: $\cos xy$ is not standing on its own; instead, it is multiplied by a polynomial which, when expanded, becomes the sum of two terms:

$$ (\cos xy)(y) + (\cos xy)(x)\frac{\mathrm dy}{\mathrm dx} $$

both of which having $\cos xy$ as a factor. Thus, the term that is subtracted from both sides (and eliminated on the right side) of the equation is not $\cos xy$ but instead $(\cos xy)(x)\frac{\mathrm dy}{\mathrm dx}$.