Math
Growing Dominoes
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A falling domino can knock over one about one and a half times its size, so each domino here is bigger than the last.
Growing by the same factor at every step is exponential growth. Keep going, and within a few dozen steps the dominoes would be taller than a skyscraper, all started by a push on the smallest one.
Topple the first, smallest domino and watch the energy build.
