Four Fours/34

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Puzzle

Using exactly $4$ instances of the number $4$, the task is to write an expression for $34$, using whatever arithmetical operations you consider necessary.


Solutions

Solution $1$

$34 = 4! + 4 + 4 + \sqrt 4$

Solution $2$

$34 = \dfrac {.4 \times 4! + 4} {.4}$

Solution $3$

$34 = 44 - \dfrac 4 {.4}$


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