Four Fours/38/Solutions/3

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

$38 = 44 - 4 - \sqrt 4$

Sources

• 1964: L.H. Clarke: Fun with Figures ... (previous) ... (next): Solutions: $(46)$