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Originally Posted by mprenzler
Do you mean the equation in Point 3 (solving for 'G')? If so, yes. From memory we did that level of algebra in high school.
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Yes, although I think they are requiring you to solve for D, unless my understanding of algebra terminology is completely wrong, which is a very real possibility. The solution is given, I just can't work to it from the original equation.
It likely is high school algebra, but high school is somewhere I haven't been for a very long time.
Incidentally, I think the equation is a representation of the Roche Limit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roche_limit
Malc