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Exponential growth: How folding paper can get you to the Moon

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Demonstrates exponential growth through paper-folding reaching Moon distance in 42 folds. A mathematical and physical worked problem.

A 4-minute video from TED-Ed: “Exponential growth: How folding paper can get you to the Moon”.

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Part of Math of the impossible, Math in Real Life