Find the equation of the normal to the graph at M(2,1)

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if:
2x3+8lny+x3ey-16-8e=0

what i did was
dy/dx=[tex]\dot{y}[/tex]

6x2+8(1/y)[tex]\dot{y}[/tex]+3x2ey+x3ey[tex]\dot{y}[/tex]=0

[tex]\dot{y}[/tex]=-(x2(6+3ey)/(8/y+x3ey)

then to find the incline of the normal, m=-1/[tex]\dot{y}[/tex]

so at(2,1)

[tex]\dot{y}[/tex]=-3(2+e)/2(1+e)

m(N)=2(1+e)/3(2+e)

does this seem right??

Y-1=[2(1+e)/3(2+e)]{x-2}
 
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