Formula

 BBS: Inland Empire Archive
Date: 04-08-93 (11:03)             Number: 389
From: QUINN TYLER JACKSON          Refer#: NONE
  To: EARL MONTGOMERY               Recvd: NO  
Subj: Formula                        Conf: (2) Quik_Bas

EM>Earl's Law <smile>
EM>Total Blocks=Level * Level value
EM>Level         Level value
EM>1             1
EM>2             1.5
EM>3             2
EM>4             2.5
EM>5             3

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It would seem that this could be expressed without the table, as a
function of x:

f(x) = x(x/2 + 0.5)

or, in BASIC terms:

Blocks = Level * (Level/2 + 0.5)

Quinn

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