Which of the following scenarios would NOT demonstrate the usefulness of a spacetime diagram?

Determining whether an event separated in space and time can affect a future event
Telling whether clocks are synchronized
Showing how inertial frames affect simultaneity
Examining the twin paradox problem
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All of the answers above are true demonstrations of the usefulness of a spacetime (or Minkowski) diagram.

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