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If no harmonic distortion of the waves had occurred, the two phase inverted echoes would cancel each other out (7a). Because the waves are distorted, they are not exact mirror images of each other so that when they are added, a resultant frequency remains (7b). This is the harmonic frequency component of the wave.
