Question 11 on signals from GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) 2012 Electronics and Communication Engineering paper.
Q11. The unilateral Laplace transform of
is
. The unilateral Laplace transform of
is
(A) ![](https://dsplog.com/cgi-bin/mimetex.cgi?\Large{-\frac{s}{(s^2+s+1)^2}})
(B) ![](https://dsplog.com/cgi-bin/mimetex.cgi?\Large{-\frac{2s+1}{(s^2+s+1)^2})
(C) ![](https://dsplog.com/cgi-bin/mimetex.cgi?\Large{\frac{s}{(s^2+s+1)^2}})
(D) ![](https://dsplog.com/cgi-bin/mimetex.cgi?\Large{\frac{2s+1}{(s^2+s+1)^2})
Solution
From the definition of Laplace transform for a function defined for all real numbers
is,
, where
with real numbers
and
.
To find the Laplace transform of , let us differentiate the above equation by
on both sides,
.
Rearranging,
.
Further using the reciprocal rule from calculus, the derivative of is given by,
where
.
Applying these two aspects to the problem,
.
Based on the above, the right choice is (D) .
Comment : What does the term ‘unilateral’ stand for in the statement unilateral Laplace transform ?
References
[1] GATE Examination Question Papers [Previous Years] from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras http://gate.iitm.ac.in/gateqps/2012/ec.pdf
[3] Reciprocal rule
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