
Solutions to Problems from Chapter 4
Problem 4.1
By the definition of the Laplace transform we have
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Using the change of variables as
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, we obtain
8
(#9+;:
#
/
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&
(@*
+;:'A=BC
-
/
ED
&
(#*,+
:
/
&
(
GF
C
'H
-
/
ID
&
(@*8+
:J <#K
?
Hence, we have the following Laplace transform pair
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D
&)(#*,+ :"J
<>K
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Problem 4.2
Using the fact that
#QRM J
K
and
#SQTU'VM
K
J
K
WX#6
(
, we have
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-.
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^_Y
-
-.
S8TU
K
\
K`aK
J
K
bced,6f(hgiNj
S,TU
d,6f(#gk
K
Z
J
K
K
d6l(hg=m
ST8U
d,6f(g
and
Y
-4n;
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no\
p
Y
-
-)
S;ZU
K
\
Kq$K
Z
J
K
K
d
6l(
g
m
S8TU
d
6f(
gr
j
S;ZU
d
6f(
g
K
n
J
K
K
Z
ed6 (g=
K
S'TU
d,6 (g=m
SZU
d,6 (g
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Y
-
-.
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TU
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s
(
T
J
K
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g
K
s
J
K
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d6l(@gXuuuj
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TU
d,6f(g
Problem 4.3
By the definition of the Laplace transform we have
w!"'#,
!"#;Q&.(@*8+-.
Using the change of variables as
/
xL
35y6
, we obtain
w)# '#,! zw
(#9+;:
/
/
&
(@*
B{4|
:
C
-
/
D
&
(
F
C
+:
#
/
'&
(
F
C
H
-
/
D
&
(
F
C
+:
J
<>K
?
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