I have tried looking at various sources and Wikipedia articles. I also checked some Q&As here at StackExchange but I couldn't quite grasp how the formula for the height of tides is derived when we consider just the influence of the moon on a static ocean. The formula I am talking about is $$h \propto \frac{M_\text{moon}R^4}{Md^3}. $$
I know this is pretty basic. I am coming from the online edX class on Relativity and Astrophysics offered by Cornell. This is the link to the note provided for the video that they used to describe the derivation. I am a little confused. Can anyone post a step by step derivation of this formula.
