Implicit partial differentiation along $x$ and $y$

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Answer the following for the surface $z = f(x, y)$ defined implicitly with $2yz + 2 = \ln (x + z)$.

  1. Find the equation of the tangent plane to the surface at $(2, 1, 1)$.
  2. Identify a normal vector of the tangent plane found in 1. above.
  3. Find the linearization $L(x, y)$ for $(x, y)$ near $(2, 1)$.
  4. Use $L(x, y)$ found above to approximate $f(1.98, 1.02)$.

I need to start by finding the partial derivatives with respect to $x$ and $y$ before I can do anything else. How do I do this?