Four Fours/86/Solutions/1

Puzzle: Four Fours: $86$

Using exactly $4$ instances of the number $4$, the task is to write an expression for $86$, using whatever arithmetical operations you consider necessary.

Solution

$86 = 4! \times 4 - \dfrac 4 {.4}$

Sources

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