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ECE 314 - Signals and Systems Fall 2012: Solutions To Homework 1

This document contains solutions to homework problems from a signals and systems course. Problem 1.1 involves finding the even and odd components of signals. The solution finds the even component of x(t) = cos(t) + sin(t) + sin(t)cos(t) to be cos(t) and the odd component to be sin(t) + sin(t)cos(t). Problem 1.3 asks for the fundamental frequency of a triangular wave, found to be 5 Hz or 10π rad/s. Problem 1.6 asks for the total energy of a rectangular pulse, found to be A2T1, and the average power of a square wave, found to be 1.

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ECE 314 - Signals and Systems Fall 2012: Solutions To Homework 1

This document contains solutions to homework problems from a signals and systems course. Problem 1.1 involves finding the even and odd components of signals. The solution finds the even component of x(t) = cos(t) + sin(t) + sin(t)cos(t) to be cos(t) and the odd component to be sin(t) + sin(t)cos(t). Problem 1.3 asks for the fundamental frequency of a triangular wave, found to be 5 Hz or 10π rad/s. Problem 1.6 asks for the total energy of a rectangular pulse, found to be A2T1, and the average power of a square wave, found to be 1.

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ECE 314 – Signals and Systems Fall 2012

Solutions to Homework 1

Problem 1.1 Find the even and odd components of each of the following
signals:
(a) x(t) = cos(t) + sin(t) + sin(t) cos(t)
Solution: First, let’s determine what is x(−t):

x(−t) = cos(−t) + sin(−t) + sin(−t) cos(−t)


= cos(t) − sin(t) − sin(t) cos(t).

Now, we can evaluate what are the even and odd components of x(t)
using the formulas xe (t) = 1/2[x(t) + x(−t)] and xo (t) = 1/2[x(t) − x(−t)].
1
xe (t) = [cos(t) + sin(t) + sin(t) cos(t) + cos(t) − sin(t) − sin(t) cos(t)]
2
= cos(t).

1
xo (t) = [cos(t) + sin(t) + sin(t) cos(t) − cos(t) + sin(t) + sin(t) cos(t)]
2
= sin(t) + sin(t) cos(t).

(c) x(t) = 1 + t cos(t) + t2 sin(t) + t3 sin(t) cos(t)


Solution: We may solve this by inspection, if we consider the following prop-
erties:

1. The product of two even signals is also even (x1 (−t)x2 (−t) = x1 (t)x2 (t)).

2. The product of two odd signals is even (x1 (−t)x2 (−t) = (−x1 (t))(−x2 (t)) =
x1 (t)x2 (t)).

3. The product of an even signal and an odd signal is odd (xe (−t)xo (−t) =
xe (t)(−xo (t)) = −xe (t)xo (t)).

¿From the properties above, we may draw the following conclusions:

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• t cos(t) is odd, since t is odd and cos(t) is even.

• t2 sin(t) is odd, since t2 is even and sin(t) is odd.

• t3 sin(t) cos(t) is even, since t3 is odd, sin(t) is odd, and cos(t) is even.
Therefore, by inspection, we may conclude that the even and odd com-
ponents of x(t) are, respectively,

xe (t) = 1 + t3 sin(t) cos(t), and


xo (t) = t cos(t) + t2 sin(t).

Problem 1.3 Figure 1.15 shows a triangular wave. What is the funda-
mental frequency of this wave? Express the fundamental frequency in units
of Hz and rad/s.
Solution: Note that

x(t) = x(t + 0.2) = x(t + 0.4) = . . . , ∀t ∈ R

Therefore, {0.2, 0.4, . . .} is the set of periods of x(t). The fundamental


period is the least value in that set, i. e., To = 0.2. Hence, the fundamental
frequency will be fo = 1/To = 5 Hz. In radians per second, the fundamental
frequency is ωo = 2πfo = 10π rad/s.

Problem 1.4 Determine the fundamental frequency of the discrete-time


square wave shown in Fig. 1.16.
Solution: As the graph shows,

x[n] = x[n + 8] = x[n + 16] = . . . , ∀n ∈ Z.

Therefore, the fundamental period is No = 8, and, consequently, ωo =


2π/No = π/4 rad/sample.

Problem 1.5 ( )
a) First note that x(t) = cos2 (2πt) = 0.5 1 + cos(4πt) . Hence, if x is
periodic, then its period should be the same as that of cos(4πt), which is 1/2.
c) Suppose that x is periodic with period, say, T > 0. Then, it must
be true that x(t + T ) = x(t) for all t. In particular, pick t = 0 and obtain

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x(T ) = x(0), or cos(0) = e−2T cos(2πT ), or 1 = e−2T cos(2πT ). The latter
implies that cos(2πT ) = e2T , which is greater than 1 (since T > 0). Thus, we
conclude that cos(2πT ) > 1, which is a contradition. Hence, our assumption
that x is periodic is false. This is an example of what is called proof by
contradiction.
d) Note that x[n + 2] = (−1)(n+2) = (−1)n = x[n]. Hence, x is periodic
with period 2.
f) If cos[n + N ] = cos[n], then we require that (n + N ) − n = 2πk, where
k is an integer. (Two sinusoids are identical if and only if their arguments
are offset by a multiple of 2π.) Hence, we require that N = 2πk, but there
is no integer k that would satisfy this equation. Thus, x is not periodic.
g) As in part (f), if cos[2π(n + N )] = cos[2πn], then we require that
2π(n + N ) − 2πn = 2πk, where k is an integer. Hence, we require that
2πN = 2πk, or N = 1. Thus, x is periodic with period 1.

Problem 1.6
(a) What is the total energy of the rectangular pulse shown in Fig. 1.14(b)
?
Solution: The energy of a signal x(t) is defined as
∫ ∞
E= |x(t)|2 dt.
−∞

In our case, the signal is equal to zero outside the interval [−T1 /2, T1 /2].
Therefore,
∫ T1 /2
E = A2 dt
−T1 /2
∫ T1 /2
2
= A dt
−T1 /2

= A2 T1 .

(b) What is the average power of the square wave shown in Fig. 1.14(a)?
Solution: The average power of a wave x(t) is defined as:
∫
1 T /2
P = lim |x(t)|2 dt.
T →∞ T −T /2

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So, first we need to determine the average power as a function of T , that
is
∫ T /2
1
PT = |x(t)|2 dt
T −T /2
∫T /2
1
= dt
T −T /2
= 1,

since |x(t)|2 is constant and equal to 1.


Now, taking PT to the limit, we get

P = lim PT = lim 1 = 1.
T →∞ T →∞

Observation: For a periodic wave, the average power defined above can be
shown to correspond exactly to
Eo
P = ,
To
where Eo is the energy of the wave in one period of length To .

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