Evaluate the image

Question

What does this image evaluate to?

Apparently, stack exchange complains if I don't have enough text, so I put this here.

nice riddle! That was a very clever word play! – user64742 May 13 '16 at 06:13 — user64742, May 13 '16 at 06:13

Gareth McCaughan · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-12T18:05:09.227

57

If you happen to speak a version of English in which "tree" and "three" are near-homonyms (e.g., Irish English) then the answer might be

$\sqrt[3]{3}+\sqrt{3}$ or about 3.174. ("Cube root of tree plus square root of tree".)

edited May 12 '16 at 18:05

answered May 12 '16 at 16:58

Gareth McCaughan

score 13 · Answer 2 · answered May 12 '16 at 16:17

13

Does it evaluate to

2

as in

1 square root + 1 cube root

?

answered May 12 '16 at 16:17

Maxim

1

Nope! You're very close though. – AMACB May 12 '16 at 16:24
I figured it was too simple to just put 1 under these operators ;) – Maxim May 13 '16 at 10:41

TeWu · Answer 3 · 2016-05-13T11:58:14.867

6

Root of three ("tree") cubed

+

Root of three squared

=

$\sqrt{3^3}+3 \approx 8.2$

edited May 13 '16 at 11:58

answered May 12 '16 at 19:54

TeWu

2

I think I like this variation more than the accepted answer! :-) – corsiKa May 13 '16 at 16:29

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered May 12 '16 at 16:46

4

Incomplete answer. Maybe I'm on the right track?

The square root is lower than the cube root, which is true for numbers that are less than 1.

So

It could be any numbers less than 1 so the sum could be anywhere between 0 and 2 (exclusive).

answered May 12 '16 at 16:46

Business Cat

4 Answers4