SOLUTION: Please help! Factor equation. {{{ 4y^2 +12y

SOLUTION: Please help! Factor equation. {{{ 4y^2 +12y - 9 = 0 }}} Thanks for your help!

Question 37003This question is from textbook Algebra: Tools for a Changing World
: Please help!
Factor equation.

Thanks for your help! This question is from textbook Algebra: Tools for a Changing World

Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Unfortunately 4y^2 + 12y - 9 = 0 cannot be factored.
I suspect, however, that you might have meant
4y^2 + 12y + 9 = 0 which can be factored as
(2y + 3)(2y + 3) = 0 and
y = -3/2 (double root)
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