Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Department of Electronics & Computer Engineering

Signals & Systems (ECN 203) Tutorial Sheet No: 5
1. Determine the Laplace transform and the associated region of convergence and pole-zero
plot for each of the following functions of time:

(a) x(t) = e−2t u(t) + e−3t u(t) (g) x(t) =
1, 0≤t ≤1
−4t −
(b) x(t) = e u(t) + e 5t sin(5t)u(t) 0, elsewhere

(c) x(t) = e2t u(−t) + e3t u(−t) t, 0≤t ≤1
(h) x(t) =
(d) x(t) = te−2|t| 2 − t, 1≤t ≤2
(e) x(t) = |t| e−2|t| (i) δ (t) + u(t)
(f) x(t) = |t| e2t u(−t) (j) δ (3t) + u(3t)

2. Determine the function of time, x(t), for each of the following Laplace transforms and their
associated region of convergence:
1 s+1
(a) s2 +9
, ℜe{s} > 0 (e) s2 +5s+6
, −3 < ℜe{s} < −2
1
(b) s2 +9
, ℜe{s} < 0 (s+1)2 1
s+1
(f) s2 −s+1
, ℜe{s} > 2
(c) (s+1)2 +9
, ℜe{s} < −1
s+2 s2 −s+1
(d) , −4 < ℜe{s} < −3 (g) (s+1)2
, ℜe{s} > −1
s2 +7s+12

3. An absolutely integrable signal x(t) is known to have a pole at s=2. Answer the following
questions:
(a) Could x(t) be of finite duration?
(b) Could x(t) be left sided?
(c) Could x(t) be right sided?
(d) Could x(t) be two sided?

4. Suppose the following facts are given about the signal x(t)with Laplace transform X(s):
(a) x(t) is real and even.
(b) X(s) has four poles and no zeros in the finite s-plane.
(c) X(s) has a pole at x(t) = (1/2)e jπ/4 .
R∞
(d) x(t)dt = 4.
−∞
Determine X(s) and its ROC.

5. Let x(t) be a signal that has a rational Laplace transform with exactly two poles, located at
s = −1 and s = −3. If g(t) = e2t x(t) and G( jω) converges, determine weather x(t) is left
sided, right sided, or two sided.
6. Consider a continuous-time LTI system for which the input x(t) and output y(t) are related
by the differential equation

d 2 y(t) dy(t)
− − 2y(t) = x(t).
dt 2 dt
Let X(s) and Y (s) denote Laplace transforms of x(t) and y(t), respectively, and let H(s)
denote the Laplace transform of h(t), the system impulse response.
(a) Determine H(s) as a ratio of two polynomials in s. Sketch the pole-zero pattern of
H(s).
(b) Determine h(t) for each of the following cases:
i. The system is stable.
ii. The system is casual.
iii. The system is neither casual nor stable.
s+1
7. The system function of a causal LTI system is H(s) = s2 +2s+2
.
Determine and sketch y(t) when the input is x(t) = e−|t| , −∞ < t < ∞.

8. We are given the following five facts about a real signal x(t) with Laplace transform X(s):

1) X(s) has exactly two poles. 4) e2t x(t) is not absolutely integrable.
2) X(s) has no zeros in the finite s-plane.
3) X(s) has a pole at s = −1 + j. 5) X(0) = 8.

Determine X(s) and its region of convergence.

9. Consider a signal related to two signals x1 (t) and x2 (t) by

x(t) = x1 (t − 2) ∗ x2 (−t + 3)
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where x1 (t) = e−2t u(t) and x2 (t) = e−3t u(t). Given that e−at ←→ 1
s+a , ℜe{s} > a, use
properties of the Laplace transform to determine Y (s).

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