-8y^2-48y-72=0

Solution for -8y^2-48y-72=0 equation:

Simplifying
-8y2 + -48y + -72 = 0

Reorder the terms:
-72 + -48y + -8y2 = 0

Solving
-72 + -48y + -8y2 = 0

Solving for variable 'y'.

Factor out the Greatest Common Factor (GCF), '-8'.
-8(9 + 6y + y2) = 0

Factor a trinomial.
-8((3 + y)(3 + y)) = 0

Ignore the factor -8.
Subproblem 1
Set the factor '(3 + y)' equal to zero and attempt to solve:

Simplifying
3 + y = 0

Solving
3 + y = 0

Move all terms containing y to the left, all other terms to the right.

Add '-3' to each side of the equation.
3 + -3 + y = 0 + -3

Combine like terms: 3 + -3 = 0
0 + y = 0 + -3
y = 0 + -3

Combine like terms: 0 + -3 = -3
y = -3

Simplifying
y = -3
Subproblem 2
Set the factor '(3 + y)' equal to zero and attempt to solve:

Simplifying
3 + y = 0

Solving
3 + y = 0

Move all terms containing y to the left, all other terms to the right.

Add '-3' to each side of the equation.
3 + -3 + y = 0 + -3

Combine like terms: 3 + -3 = 0
0 + y = 0 + -3
y = 0 + -3

Combine like terms: 0 + -3 = -3
y = -3

Simplifying
y = -3
Solution
y = {-3, -3}