I swear every time I get away from basic Algebra for a while I forget everything. Boy do I feel dense!
I have the following formula.
L = P * (P - 1)
But I want the formula so I can plug in L and get a value for P.
I kind of did it brute force and the best I could figure is that P = SQRT(L), then round up the result. But somehow I don't think that is exactly right.
Could someone please help me here? Please just don't give the answer show me how to factor it.
I think it is:
L= P^2 - P
but that is were I get stuck. Not sure how to proceed from there.
I have the following formula.
L = P * (P - 1)
But I want the formula so I can plug in L and get a value for P.
I kind of did it brute force and the best I could figure is that P = SQRT(L), then round up the result. But somehow I don't think that is exactly right.
Could someone please help me here? Please just don't give the answer show me how to factor it.
I think it is:
L= P^2 - P
but that is were I get stuck. Not sure how to proceed from there.