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Compute the Magnitude of the following discrete-time signals

a) $ x[n]=e^{2n} $

b) $ x[n]=e^{2jn} $

c) $ x[n]=j^n $

What properties of the complex magnitude can you use to check your answer?


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Answer 1

a) $ |e^{2n}|=\sqrt{(e^{2n})^2}=e^{2n} $

Instructor's comments: Yes, this is correct, but I would like to propose an alternative justification:
$ {\color{green}|e^{2n}|=\sqrt{(e^{2n})(e^{2n})^*}=\sqrt{e^{2n}e^{2n}}=e^{2n}} $
where $ {\color{green}~^*} $ denotes the complex conjgate.-pm

b) $ |e^{2jn}|=|cos(2n)+jsin(2n)|=\sqrt{cos(2n)^2+sin(2n)^2}=\sqrt{1}=1 $

c) $ |j^n|=|e^{nj\pi/2}|=|cos(n\pi/2)+jsin(n\pi/2)|=\sqrt{cos(n\pi/2)^2+sin(n\pi/2)^2}=\sqrt{1}=1 $

Answer 2

write it here.

Answer 3

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