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Two Blinking Warning Lights Are 3000 m3000 \mathrm{~m} Apart Along a Railroad Track

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Two blinking warning lights are 3000 m3000 \mathrm{~m} apart along a railroad track. Suppose that in the ground frame the west light blinks (event WW ) 5μ5 \mu s before the east light blinks (event EE ). Now imagine that both lights are observed by a passenger on the train who passes the west light just as it blinks. It is possible for the train to be moving fast enough that the two blinks are observed (not necessarily seen) by the passenger to be simultaneous.

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