Practice Case 3: Complex Conjugate Poles (5.2.1.3.3) - Laplace Transform Analysis of Continuous-Time Systems
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Case 3: Complex Conjugate Poles

Practice - Case 3: Complex Conjugate Poles

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

Define complex conjugate poles.

💡 Hint: Think about what characteristics these poles bring to system responses.

Question 2 Easy

What is the advantage of using a single quadratic term in PFE?

💡 Hint: Consider what happens to coefficients when using this method.

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Question 1

What do complex conjugate poles indicate in a system's response?

Real growth
Stability
Oscillations

💡 Hint: Consider what happens when we have imaginary components.

Question 2

True or False: All poles of a polynomial with real coefficients are real.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about the nature of polynomial roots and where complex factors come into play.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Given the expression Y(s) = (s + 2)/(s^2 + 4s + 8), find the poles and the corresponding time-domain response.

💡 Hint: Use the quadratic formula to identify the roots and remember to separate the response terms.

Challenge 2 Hard

Transform the function H(s) = 1/(s^2 + 6s + 10) using PFE into the time-domain.

💡 Hint: Identify the quadratic expression and apply the corresponding inverse Laplace transformations.

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