Given the sawtooth wave function $ \,x(t)\, $:

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Energy

Compute the energy from 0 to $ 2\pi $.

Since we're integrating from 0 to $ 2\pi $, we can treat this as a simple line $ \,y(t)=\frac{1}{\pi}t\, $.

Answer: $ \,\frac{8\pi}{3}\, $

Power

Computer the power from 0 to $ 2\pi $.

Answer: $ \,\frac{4}{3}\, $

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