The roots of polynomial $ p(y) $ are:
$$ \begin{aligned}y_1 &= 27.5733\\[1 em]y_2 &= -0.9067 \end{aligned} $$The solutions of $ 3y^2-80y-75 = 0 $ are: $ y = \dfrac{ 40 }{ 3 }-\dfrac{ 5 \sqrt{ 73}}{ 3 } ~ \text{and} ~ y = \dfrac{ 40 }{ 3 }+\dfrac{ 5 \sqrt{ 73}}{ 3 }$.
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