A Minkowski diagram of ladder paradox No. 1. The garage is shown in light blue, the ladder in light red. The diagram is in the rest frame of the garage, with x and t being the garage space and time axes, respectively. The ladder frame is for a person sitting on the front of the ladder, with x? and t? being the ladder space and time axes respectively. The x and x? axes are each 5 feet long in their respective frames, and the t and t? axes are each 5 ns in duration.

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A Minkowski diagram of ladder paradox No. 1. The garage is shown in light blue, the ladder in light red. The diagram is in the rest frame of the garage, with x and t being the garage space and time axes, respectively. The ladder frame is for a person sitting on the front of the ladder, with x? and t? being the ladder space and time axes respectively. The x and x? axes are each 5 feet long in their respective frames, and the t and t? axes are each 5 ns in duration.



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