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Practice Problem on Z-transform computation
Compute the compute the z-transform (including the ROC) of the following DT signal:
$ x[n]=3^n u[n+3] \ $
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Answer 1
alec green
$ X(z) = \sum_{n=-\infty}^{+\infty} x[n]z^{-n} $
$ = \sum_{n=-3}^{+\infty} 3^{n}z^{-n} $
$ = \sum_{n=-3}^{+\infty} (\frac{3}{z})^{n} $
Let k = n+3:
$ = \sum_{k=0}^{+\infty} (\frac{3}{z})^{k-3} $
Using the geometric series property:
$ X(z) = \left\{ \begin{array}{l l} (\frac{z}{3})^3 \frac{1}{1-\frac{3}{z}} & \quad |z| > 3\\ \text{diverges} & \quad \text{else} \end{array} \right. $
Answer 2
x[n] = 3^nu[n+3]
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