Four Fours/78/Solutions/3

Puzzle: Four Fours: $78$

Using exactly $4$ instances of the number $4$, the task is to write an expression for $78$, using whatever arithmetical operations you consider necessary.

Solution

$78 = \dfrac {4!} {. \dot 4} + \paren {\sqrt 4 + \sqrt 4}!$

Sources

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