Then, since $y$ takes all values, the above quadratic solution has solutions for all $y$, meaning that for all $y$, the discriminant is non-negative.
$\Delta = (3y-3)^2 + 4(4y+a)(ay+4) \ge 0$ for all $y$
$9y^2-18y+9+16ay^2+(64+4a^2)y+16a\ge0$
$(9+16a)y^2 + (46+4a^2)y+(16a+9) \ge 0$
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since that has to hold for all $y$, the graph of that (where $y$ is the independent variable) must not cross through the horizontal axis, so the determinant is smaller than or equal to 0.