12y-8=4y^2

Solution for 12y-8=4y^2 equation:

Simplifying
12y + -8 = 4y2

Reorder the terms:
-8 + 12y = 4y2

Solving
-8 + 12y = 4y2

Solving for variable 'y'.

Combine like terms: 4y2 + -4y2 = 0
-8 + 12y + -4y2 = 0

Factor out the Greatest Common Factor (GCF), '4'.
4(-2 + 3y + -1y2) = 0

Factor a trinomial.
4((-2 + y)(1 + -1y)) = 0

Ignore the factor 4.
Subproblem 1
Set the factor '(-2 + y)' equal to zero and attempt to solve:

Simplifying
-2 + y = 0

Solving
-2 + y = 0

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

Add '2' to each side of the equation.
-2 + 2 + y = 0 + 2

Combine like terms: -2 + 2 = 0
0 + y = 0 + 2
y = 0 + 2

Combine like terms: 0 + 2 = 2
y = 2

Simplifying
y = 2
Subproblem 2
Set the factor '(1 + -1y)' equal to zero and attempt to solve:

Simplifying
1 + -1y = 0

Solving
1 + -1y = 0

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

Add '-1' to each side of the equation.
1 + -1 + -1y = 0 + -1

Combine like terms: 1 + -1 = 0
0 + -1y = 0 + -1
-1y = 0 + -1

Combine like terms: 0 + -1 = -1
-1y = -1

Divide each side by '-1'.
y = 1

Simplifying
y = 1
Solution
y = {2, 1}