Exercise · ZW-LINEAR-TIME-INVARIANT-SYSTEMS-010 · ★★★ Advanced

An LTI system has \(h[n]=\left(\tfrac{1}{2}\right)^n u[n]\). For the input \(x[n]=\delta[n]+\delta[n-1]\), what is \(y[1]\)?

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  • A. \(\tfrac{3}{2}\)

Explanation

The output is \(y[n]=h[n]+h[n-1]\), so \(y[1]=h[1]+h[0]=\tfrac{1}{2}+1=\tfrac{3}{2}\). Only \(\tfrac{3}{2}\) matches this sum of two terms.

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A linear time-invariant (LTI) system is a system that satisfies superposition and whose behavior does not change when the input is shifted. It is determined by its impulse response \(h[n]\).

\[y[n]=\sum_{k=-\infty}^{\infty} x[k]\,h[n-k]\]

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