Four Fours/42/Solutions/3

Puzzle: Four Fours: $42$

Using exactly $4$ instances of the number $4$, the task is to write an expression for $41$, using whatever arithmetical operations you consider necessary.

Solution

$42 = 44 + \sqrt 4 - 4$

Sources

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