TI Nspire CAS Implicit Differentiation not returning correct result (returning 0)

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Taking the derivative of $y^3-xy=2$, the correct result should be $y'=y/(3y^2-x)$.

However, when I use the impDif() function on TI Nspire CAS, the returned result is 0, as shown in the screenshot below.

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OS Version: 5.1.3

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I solved my own problem. It's just an interpretation issue with the CAS feature. It interpreted $xy$ as one variable named $xy$ instead of $x*y$. Solved when a multiplication sign is used in between x and y.

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