Problem

Evaluate the derivative of the following function at the given point.
\[
18 x^{3} y^{2}-6 y^{3}=1,458 ;(2,-3)
\]
\[
\left.\frac{d y}{d x}\right|_{(2,-3)}=
\]

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The derivative of the function at the point (2,-3) is \(\boxed{1944}\).

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Step 1 :We are given the function \(18x^{3}y^{2} - 6y^{3} = 1458\) and we are asked to find the derivative of y with respect to x at the point (2,-3).

Step 2 :We start by differentiating both sides of the equation with respect to x. The derivative of \(18x^{3}y^{2}\) with respect to x is \(54x^{2}y^{2} + 36x^{3}y\frac{dy}{dx}\) by using the product rule and chain rule.

Step 3 :The derivative of \(-6y^{3}\) with respect to x is \(-18y^{2}\frac{dy}{dx}\) by using the chain rule.

Step 4 :Setting the derivative of the left-hand side equal to the derivative of the right-hand side (which is 0 because the right-hand side is a constant), we can solve for \(\frac{dy}{dx}\).

Step 5 :After finding the general form of \(\frac{dy}{dx}\), we can substitute the given point (2,-3) into the equation to find the specific value of \(\frac{dy}{dx}\) at that point.

Step 6 :The derivative of the function at the point (2,-3) is \(\boxed{1944}\).

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