Four Fours/38/Solutions/2

Puzzle: Four Fours: $38$

Using exactly $4$ instances of the number $4$, the task is to write an expression for $38$, using whatever arithmetical operations you consider necessary.

Solution

$38 = \dfrac 4 {. \dot 4} \times 4 + \sqrt 4$

Sources

• 1980: Angela Dunn: Mathematical Bafflers (revised ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $1$. Say it with Letters: Algebraic Amusements: Four Fours