Implicit Differentiation: Solving for dy/dx in (x^2-y^2)^2=(x+y)^3

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(x^2-y^2)^2=(x+y)^3
I tried to use the chain rule on both sides but it didn't work because y needs to have the chain rule used on it explicitly and if i differentiate y explicitly then use the chain rule on everything i would be finding the 2nd derivative. So how do i differentiate this?
 
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For starters, what is the derivative with respect to x of (x^2-y^2)^2? Of (x+y)^3?
 
What does the question ask of you? That you find dy/dx as a function of x only, or simply to implicitly differentiate it?
 
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