Four Fours/39/Solutions/2

Puzzle: Four Fours: $39$

Using exactly $4$ instances of the number $4$, the task is to write an expression for $39$, using whatever arithmetical operations you consider necessary.

Solution

$39 = \dfrac {4 \times 4 - .4} {.4}$

Sources

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