Apparent Paradoxes in Special Relativity

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The Twin Paradox (Wikipedia article)

Before watching the video on the twin paradox, please answer the following questions:

What is the Lorentz factor when travelling at 86.6% of the speed of light in a vacuum?

Traveling at a speed of 0.866c, how long will it take for a round-trip journey to a star 10 light years away, and back to Earth?

Einstein’s twin paradox explained – Amber Stuver (6:15)

minutephysics – Complete Solution To The Twins Paradox (3:33)

The Ladder Paradox (Wikipedia article)

Einstein’s Ladder Paradox; Simply Explained (2:48)