Four Fours Challenge: Get 44 with ONLY 4s!

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The challenge is to use exactly five fours to achieve the number 44. One proposed solution is 44/4 + 44, although it raises questions about its rigor. Participants express a mix of humor and frustration regarding the challenge's complexity. There is a suggestion to avoid excessive editing of posts. The discussion highlights the playful nature of mathematical challenges while seeking valid solutions.
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Homework Statement


use five fours ONLY to get 44

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44/4 + 44. Kind of a silly question? :P

[Edit] If someone can come up with something rigorous(uniqueness and existence of such numbers) good on them, I just guessed and checked.
 
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It used to say "get 55..." Nice edit!
 
44 mod 4 + 44

Stop editing your post lol
 
I picked up this problem from the Schaum's series book titled "College Mathematics" by Ayres/Schmidt. It is a solved problem in the book. But what surprised me was that the solution to this problem was given in one line without any explanation. I could, therefore, not understand how the given one-line solution was reached. The one-line solution in the book says: The equation is ##x \cos{\omega} +y \sin{\omega} - 5 = 0##, ##\omega## being the parameter. From my side, the only thing I could...
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