Basic Math Examples

$4 y^{2} + 16 y + 16 = 0$

Step 1

Factor the left side of the equation.

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Step 1.1

Factor $4$ out of $4 y^{2} + 16 y + 16$ .

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Step 1.1.1

Factor $4$ out of $4 y^{2}$ .

$4 (y^{2}) + 16 y + 16 = 0$

Step 1.1.2

Factor $4$ out of $16 y$ .

$4 (y^{2}) + 4 (4 y) + 16 = 0$

Step 1.1.3

Factor $4$ out of $16$ .

$4 y^{2} + 4 (4 y) + 4 \cdot 4 = 0$

Step 1.1.4

Factor $4$ out of $4 y^{2} + 4 (4 y)$ .

$4 (y^{2} + 4 y) + 4 \cdot 4 = 0$

Step 1.1.5

Factor $4$ out of $4 (y^{2} + 4 y) + 4 \cdot 4$ .

$4 (y^{2} + 4 y + 4) = 0$

Step 1.2

Factor using the perfect square rule.

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Step 1.2.1

Rewrite $4$ as $2^{2}$ .

$4 (y^{2} + 4 y + 2^{2}) = 0$

Step 1.2.2

Check that the middle term is two times the product of the numbers being squared in the first term and third term.

$4 y = 2 \cdot y \cdot 2$

Step 1.2.3

Rewrite the polynomial.

$4 (y^{2} + 2 \cdot y \cdot 2 + 2^{2}) = 0$

Step 1.2.4

Factor using the perfect square trinomial rule $a^{2} + 2 a b + b^{2} = {(a + b)}^{2}$ , where $a = y$ and $b = 2$ .

$4 {(y + 2)}^{2} = 0$

Step 2

Divide each term in $4 {(y + 2)}^{2} = 0$ by $4$ and simplify.

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Step 2.1

Divide each term in $4 {(y + 2)}^{2} = 0$ by $4$ .

$\frac{4 {(y + 2)}^{2}}{4} = \frac{0}{4}$

Step 2.2

Simplify the left side.

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Step 2.2.1

Cancel the common factor of $4$ .

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Step 2.2.1.1

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{4 {(y + 2)}^{2}}{4} = \frac{0}{4}$

Step 2.2.1.2

Divide ${(y + 2)}^{2}$ by $1$ .

${(y + 2)}^{2} = \frac{0}{4}$

Step 2.3

Simplify the right side.

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Step 2.3.1

Divide $0$ by $4$ .

${(y + 2)}^{2} = 0$

Step 3

Set the $y + 2$ equal to $0$ .

$y + 2 = 0$

Step 4

Subtract $2$ from both sides of the equation.

$y = - 2$