8b^2-24b+16=0

Solution for 8b^2-24b+16=0 equation:

Simplifying
8b2 + -24b + 16 = 0

Reorder the terms:
16 + -24b + 8b2 = 0

Solving
16 + -24b + 8b2 = 0

Solving for variable 'b'.

Factor out the Greatest Common Factor (GCF), '8'.
8(2 + -3b + b2) = 0

Factor a trinomial.
8((1 + -1b)(2 + -1b)) = 0

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

Simplifying
1 + -1b = 0

Solving
1 + -1b = 0

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

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

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

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

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

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

Simplifying
2 + -1b = 0

Solving
2 + -1b = 0

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

Add '-2' to each side of the equation.
2 + -2 + -1b = 0 + -2

Combine like terms: 2 + -2 = 0
0 + -1b = 0 + -2
-1b = 0 + -2

Combine like terms: 0 + -2 = -2
-1b = -2

Divide each side by '-1'.
b = 2

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