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A Special Relativity Paradox: The Barn and the Pole

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Description: The answer to the famous barn and the pole paradox is that the two doors are never closed at the same time in the runner's frame of reference.
A Special Relativity Paradox: The Barn and the Pole These are the props.  You own a barn, 40m long, with automatic doors at either end, that can be opened and closed simultaneously by a switch.  You also have a pole, 80m long, which of course won't fit in the barn.
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