A time invariant system is one that given a shifted input, the only effect is a shifted output.
x(t) -> y(t)
x(t-T) -> y(t-T)
An example of a time variant system y(t) = 2(x(t))
x(t) = t

if T = 1 and 
if t = 5 then
x(t)or 5 ->[2x(t-T])-> y(t) or 8 
x(t) or 5 -> y(x(t))-> [y(t-T)]->2x(t-T)-> y(t) or 8


An example of a time variant system y(t) = t(x(t))
x(t) = t

if T = 1 and 
if t = 5 then
x(t)or 5 ->[tx(t-T])-> y(t) or 20 
x(t) or 5 -> y(x(t))-> [y(t-T)]->(t-T)x(t-T))-> y(t) or 16

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