UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING
TE 231: FUNDAMENTALS OF SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS
Tutorial 3
1. Determine whether the following system is memoryless, casual, linear and time invariant.
Justfy your answer.
(a) 𝑇(𝑥 [𝑛]) = cos(𝜋𝑛) 𝑥 [𝑛]
(b) 𝑦(𝑡) = 2𝑥(𝑡) + 3𝑥 2 (𝑡 − 1)
(c) 𝑦(𝑡) = 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 (𝑡)𝑥(𝑡)
𝑡−1
(d) 𝑦(𝑡) = 2 + ∫−∞ 𝑥(𝑡 − 𝜏)𝑑𝜏
𝑡
(e) 𝑦(𝑡) = 𝑒 −𝑡 ∫−∞ 𝑒 𝜏 𝑥(𝜏)𝑑𝜏
(f) 𝑦(𝑡) = 𝑥(−𝑡)
(g) 𝑦(𝑡) = 𝑥(3𝑡)
(h) 𝑦(𝑡) = 3𝑥(𝑡 + 1) − 4
(i) 𝑦(𝑡) = 3𝑥(𝑡) − |𝑥(𝑡 − 3)|
2. Determine if each of the following systems is causal, memoryless, time invariant, linear, or
stable. Justify your answer.
(a) 𝑦[𝑛] = 3𝑥 [𝑛]𝑥 [𝑛 − 1]
(b) 𝑦[𝑛] = ∑𝑛+2
𝑘=𝑛−2 𝑥[𝑘]
(c) 𝑦 𝑛 = 4𝑥 [3𝑛 − 2]
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(d) 𝑦[𝑛] = ∑𝑛𝑘=𝑛−3 cos(𝑥 [𝑘])
3. Determine if each of the following systems is invertible. If not, specify two different input
signals that yield the same output. If so, give an expression for the inverse system.
(a) 𝑦(𝑡) = cos(𝑥(𝑡))
(b) 𝑦(𝑡) = 𝑥 3 (𝑡 − 4)
4. Determine if each of the following systems is invertible. If not, specify two different input
signals that yield the same output. If so, give an expression for the inverse system.
(a) 𝑦[𝑛] = ∑𝑛𝑘=−∞ 𝑥 [𝑘]
(b) 𝑦[𝑛] = (𝑛 − 1)𝑥[𝑛]
(c) 𝑦[𝑛] = 𝑥 [𝑛] − 𝑥[𝑛 − 1]
5. The output sequence 𝑣[𝑛] of a system with the impulse response
1 𝑛
ℎ[𝑛] = ( ) 𝑢[𝑛 + 10]
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is multiplied with the step-function 𝑢[𝑛]. This yields the output sequence 𝑦[𝑛] of the whole
system.
(a) Is the whole system an LTI system?
(b) Is the whole system casual?