Troubleshooting Rearranging Equations: How to Solve for v in a Complex Equation

[eric99gt]

Alright I'm going absolutely nuts here. It's a simple matter of rearranging an equation and for the life of me I can't do it. I've been working at it for like an hour now to no avail. Here's the equation.

P=[RT/(v-b)]-[a/v(v+b)T^0.5]

I'm trying to solve for v. I've manipulated this equation every way I can think of and still can't get it. I'm sure it's something simple but I'm stuck. Please help.
Thanks

 

[enigma]

Can you put either put redundant parenthesis around everything or put the equation in LaTeX format (tutorial is in the general physics stickies)?

 

[Ouabache]

P=[RT/(v-b)]-[a/v(v+b)T^0.5]

As enigma suggests, there is quite a bit of ambiguity in how you wrote your equation. Here are a few of the possible ways we could interpret what you wrote.

The first part of your equation could be R[T/(v-b)] or (RT)/(v-b)
The second part could be
[(a/v)(v+b)(T^.5)] or
{[a/(v(v+b))](T^0.5)} or
{(a/[v(v+b)(T^0.5)]}

Can you clarify?

 

[Ouabache]

Your question appears the same as the one you posted on engineering homework: query.
Did you mean to post it as a math question or engineering?