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Name an example when you personally have experienced the Doppler effect.

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When I ride the train, the song of the train whistle is an example of the Doppler Effect. Because a train is at the center of sound waves it produces, which radiate in concentric circles around it, there is no difference between the sound heard by someone on the platform, and the sound of the train as heard by someone standing behind the caboose.
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