ASCII Puzzler 3: The Trees

Question

This is a sequel to ASCII Puzzler 1: Part 1 and ASCII Puzzler 2: Arrows Depicting Movement, Things, or Pointing Out Objects, and a prequel to https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/32439/ascii-puzzler-4-not-a-rebus.

Here is your rebus:

 ___   ___   ___   ___   ___
(   ) (   ) (   ) (   ) (   )
(   ) (   ) (   ) (   ) (   )
 | |   | |   | |   | |   | |
 | |   | |   | |   | |   | |
 |_|___|_|___|_|___|_|___|_|___
        |
   -------------
  |1.41421356237|
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Hint 1:

Sorry if the roots (which are required to be square) are terrible.

You released a hint eight minutes after the puzzle came out? — Deusovi, May 11 '16 at 22:13
Not the solution but it may help others to solve the rebus: $\sqrt2 = 1.41421356237...$ — fondor, May 12 '16 at 06:26
@Peanut : I simply add the reference since both are same kind of logic, that's all — Arulkumar, May 12 '16 at 20:04

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered May 12 '16 at 13:16

4

Sorry if I come off as being flippant but is the answer just

The square root of two?

Because

As pointed out by fondor in the comments $\sqrt{2} = 1.41421356237\ldots$

and

This number appears to be attached to the 2nd tree making it a literal 'root' of tree '2'. Also, if the tree's root is required to be square as suggested by the hint then this would be the "square root of 2".

answered May 12 '16 at 13:16

hexomino

135,910
10
384
563

Thats... surprisingly simple. – Pat G May 12 '16 at 20:05

ASCII Puzzler 3: The Trees

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