What does the following expression evaluate to?

#1/(2^(1/4)+4^(1/4)+8^(1/4)+2)#

1 Answer
James W.
Feb 25, 2018

0.1591035847

Explanation:

I can't find a particularly nice way of doing this, apart from perhaps observing that #4^(1/4)# = #sqrt(2)# (and maybe #8^(1/4)# = #2^(3/4)#). Other than that, it's just a matter of keying everything into a calculator and reading off of the display!

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