Chapter $2$ Short Answer Assignment

The Domino Effect

The domino effect is a cumulative effect produced when one event initiates a succession of similar events. In the actual case of dominoes, a row is made by standing dominoes on their ends, so they stand face to face in a line. When the domino on the end is tipped over, it will fall into its neighbor, which falls into the next one, and so on until the whole row has fallen.

Source: Bill Tillery Physical Science ${13}^{th}$ edition, McGraw$-$Hill

Questions to answer:

How should the dominoes be spaced so the row falls with maximum speed?

Should one domino strike the next one as high as possible, in the center, or as low as possible?