Assignment 9 Solutions

Networks and systems

September 29 2017

1. Consider a capacitor with capacitance C. Let the initial voltage across the
capacitor at t = 0− be 2. What is the current ic (t) through the capacitor
for t ≥ 0 if the voltage across the capacitor is vc (t) = e−t u(t)?

Solution : C

dVc
ic (t) = C
dt
Ic (s) = C[sVc (s) − vc (0− )]
1
Vc (s) =
s+1
 
s
Ic (s) = C −2
s+1
 
1
Ic (s) = C − −1
s+1
 
−1 C
ic (t) = L − −C
s+1
=⇒ ic (t) = C[−e−t − δ(t)]

2. What is the Laplace transform of the signal tr(t − 2)?

Solution : C

1 −2s
L[r(t − 2)] = e
s2
d  1 −2s 
L[t r(t − 2)] = − e
ds s2
2 2
=⇒ L[t r(t − 2)] = 3 e−2s + 2 e−2s
s s

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3. Let f (t) = teat sin(bt)u(t). What is the Laplace transform of g(t) =
Rt
f (τ )dτ ?
0

Solution : A
b
L[eat sin(bt)u(t)] =
(s − a)2 + b2 
at d b
L[t e sin(bt)u(t)] = −
ds (s − a)2 + b2
2(s − a)b
L[t eat sin(bt)u(t)] =
( (s − a)2 + b2 )2
Using convolution or integration property we get
h Rt i 1 2(s − a)b
L f (τ )dτ = ·
0 s ( (s − a)2 + b2 )2

4. What is the Inverse Laplace transform of F (s) = s(s22+4) ?

Hint: Treat this as the product of 2 well known Laplace transforms, and
convolve their time domain equivalents. ?

Solution : D

2 1 2
F (s) = s(s2 +4) = ·
s s2 + 4
1
L[u(t)] =
s
1
L[sin(2t)u(t)] =
s2 +4
=⇒ L−1 [ s(s22+4) ] = u(t) ∗ sin(2t)u(t)
Rt
u(t) ∗ sin(2t)u(t) = 0
1 · sin(2τ )dτ

Observe that for t<0 the integral is zero

Hence u(t) ∗ sin(2t)u(t) = sin2 (t) u(t)

 
0
 t<0 0
 t<0
5. If x1 (t) = 2 0 ≤ t ≤ 2 and x2 (t) = 2 0≤t<2
 
0 2<t 0 2≤t
 

Then select all the options that are correct?

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 Solution : B,C

x1 (t) 6= x2 (t) because they are not equal at t=2

R2
L[x1 (t)] = 0 2 · e−st dt
R2
L[x2 (t)] = 0 2 · e−st dt
Since the finite value discontinuity at time 2 does not change the integral.

6. What is the Laplace transform of ( sin(ω0 t) − ω0 t cos(ω0 t) )u(t) ?

Solution : A

ω0
L[sin(ω0 (t)u(t))] =
+ ω02
s2
s
L[cos(ω0 (t)u(t))] = 2
s + ω02
dh s i h ω 2 − s2 i
0
L[ω0 tcos(ω0 (t)u(t))] = −ω0 2 = −ω0
2
ds s + ω0 (s2 + ω02 )2
2ω 3
L[sin(ω0 t) − ω0 t cos(ω0 t) )u(t)] = 2 0 2 2
(s + ω0 )

7. Find the Laplace transform of the function f(t) shown in the figure below?

f (t)

0.5 1 t

Solution : C
√ √
If g(t) = 2u(t) − 2u(t − 0.5)

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 g(t)

√
2

0.5 t

Then f (t) = g(t) ∗ g(t)

=⇒ F (s) = G(s)2
√ √
2 2 −0.5s
G(s) = − e
s s
1
F (s) = 2 · 2 · (1 − e−0.5s )2
s

s+3
8. If the Laplace transform of f (t) is F (s) = 0.1s2 +7s+1 , what is the value of
f (0+ ) ?

Solution : 10

f (0+ ) = lim sF (s)

s→∞
s(s + 3)
= lim
s→∞ 0.1s2 + 7s + 1
= 10
s+3
9. If the Laplace transform of f (t) is F (s) = 0.1s2 +7s+1 , what is the value of
f (∞) ?

Solution : 0

f (∞) = lim sF (s)

s→0
s(s + 3)
= lim
s→0 0.1s2 + 7s + 1
=0

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10. What is the Laplace transform of the signal f (t) = (2 sin(2t)u(t))∗(cos(2t)u(t))
?

Solution : D

2
L[2 sin(2t)u(t))] = 2 ·
s2 + 4
s
L[cos(2t)u(t)] =
s2 + 4
Using convolution property we get
h 2 i h s i
L[2 sin(2t)u(t)) ∗ cos(2t)u(t)] = 2 · · 2
s2 + 4 s +4
 
4s
=⇒ L[2 sin(2t)u(t)) ∗ cos(2t)u(t)] =
(s2 + 4)2