ECEN 314: Signals and Systems

Solutions to HW 2
Problem 1.21
0.5
0
1
1 2 3
1
1
2
0 1 2 3 4
x(t1) x(2t)
1
2
1
1.5 1 0.5 0 0.5
1
2
1
x(2t+1)
4 6 8 10 12
2
1
0 1
x(4t/2)
[x(t)+x(t)]u(t)
3
1.5 1.5 2
1
1
0.5
Problem 1.23
3t/2
2 1 2
1/2 1/2
1/2
1/2
2 1
0 1 2
e
x (t)
o
x (t)
(a)
1 2
1 0
1 0 2
2 1
0 1 2
x (t)
e
(b)
1/2
1/2
1/2
1 1
1/2
x (t)
o
0
x (t)
e
3t/2
(c)
x (t)
o
t/2
1
Problem 1.25
(a) x(t) = 3 cos(4t +

3
) is periodic with period:

2
. To see why this is true, note that we
need to nd a T so that
x(t + T) = x(t)
Note that x(t) = 3 cos(4t +

3
) = 3 cos

4(t +

2
) +

3

, which yields the desired answer.

(b) x(t) = e
j(t1)
is periodic with period =
2

= 2.
(c) x(t) = [cos(2t

3
)]
2
[cos(2t

3
)]
2
=
1 + cos(4t
2
3
)
2
which is periodic with period T =

2
.
(d)
x(t) = E(cos(4t)u(t))
=
cos(4t)u(t) + cos(4t)u(t)
2
=
1
2
cos(4t) < t
which is periodic with period
1
2
. (Here, E is the even part).
(e)
x(t) = E(sin(4t)u(t))
=
sin(4t)u(t) sin(4t)u(t)
2
which is not periodic.
(f) x(t) =

e
(2tn)
u(2t n) is not periodic.
Problem 1.26
(a) x[n] = sin(6n/7 + 1) is periodic with period=7.
(b) x[n] = cos(n/8 ) is not periodic.
(c) x[n] = cos(/8 n
2
) is periodic with period=8.
2
(d) x[n] = cos(/2 n) cos(/4 n). cos(/2 n) is periodic with period=4, and cos(/4 n)
is periodic with period=8. So, x[n] is periodic with period=8.
(e) x[n] = 2 cos(/4 n) + sin(/8 n) 2 cos(/2 n + /6) is periodic with period=16.
Problem 1.34
(a) First, note that

n=
x[n] = x[0] +

n=1
{x[n] + x[n]}
If x[n] is odd then it implies that x[n] + x[n] = 0, which further implies that x[0] = 0.
Hence the above summation is zero.
(b) Let, y[n] = x
1
[n]x
2
[n] . Then,
y[n] = x
1
[n]x
2
[n] = x
1
[n]x
2
[n] = y[n].
(c) Consider

n=
x
2
[n] =

n=
(x
e
[n] + x
o
[n])
2
=

n=
x
2
e
[n] +

n=
x
2
o
[n] + 2

n=
x
e
[n]x
o
[n]
Using the result of part (b), we conclude x
e
[n]x
o
[n] = 0, because x
e
[n]x
o
[n] is an odd signal.
Therefore, using the result of part (a), we conclude 2

n=
x
e
[n]x
o
[n] = 0. Therefore,

n=
x
2
[n] =

n=
x
2
e
[n] +

n=
x
2
o
[n].
(d) Consider

x
2
(t)dt =

x
2
e
(t)dt +

x
2
o
(t)dt + 2

x
e
(t)x
o
(t)dt
Since x
e
(t)x
o
(t) is an odd signal, we have 2

x
e
(t)x
o
(t)dt = 0 and hence we have

x
2
(t)dt =

x
2
e
(t)dt +

x
2
o
(t)dt.
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