LAPLACE TRANSFORM

1. Find the Laplace transform for each function by using definition

a) f (t )  1 b) f (t )  e 2t c) f (t )  t
e t ,0  t  2 t ,0  t  2
d) f (t )   e) f (t )  
3, t  2 2, t  2
0,0  t  4 t ,0  t  2
 
f) f (t )  2,4  t  7 g) f (t )  4  t ,2  t  4
 1, t  7 0, t  4
 

2. Find the Laplace transform of

a) f (t )  3t 2  t 5 b) f (t )  t 4  2t 3  4t 2  t  1
c) f (t )  3  2t 2 d) f (t )  5 sin 3t  17e 2t
e) f ( t )  2sin t  3cos 2t f) f (t )  2t 2  3t  4

3. By using the first translation property, find


a) L t 3e 4t   
b) L t 5e t c) L te4t  
d) Le 2t
sin t  
e) L e t cos 2t 
4. By using the theorem of multiplication by t n , find
 
a) L t 2 cos t b) L t 3e 4t 
c) Lt sin 4t 
2
 2
d) L 2t cosh t 

5. Write the piecewise function in terms of unit step function and find its Laplace
Transforms.

cos t ,0  t  2 0,0  t  4 0,0  t  3

a) f ( t )   b) f (t )   c) f (t )  
sin t ,t  2 (t  4) 2 , t  4 t , t  3
t ,0  t  2 2,0  t  5
0,0  t  4  
d) f (t )   2 e) f (t )  4  t ,2  t  4 f) f (t )  0,5  t  10
t , t  4 0, t  4  4t
 e , t  10
 Answer
1 1 1 e 2 (1 s )  1 3e 2 s
1: a) b) c) d) 
s s2 s2 1 s s
2
1  e 2 s 2e 4 s  3e 7 s  1  e 2 s 
e) f) g)  
s2 s  s 
6 120 24 12 8 1 1 3 4
2: a)  b) 5  4  3  2  c)  3
s3 s6 s s s s s s s

15 17 2 3s 4 3 4
d)  e)  2 f)  2 
s 9 s2
2
s 1 s  4
2
s 3
s s

6 120 1 1 s 1
3: a) b) c) d) e)
s  4 4
s  16
s  4 2
s  2 2
1 s  12  4
2s( s 2  3) 6 8(3s 2  16) 4ss 2  3
4: a) b) c) d)
s 2
 1
3
s  44 s 2
 16  3
s 2
 1
3

s  e 2s (1  s )
5: a)
s2 1
2
b) e 4 s  3 
s 
 1 3
c) e 3s  2  
s s
 2 8 16 
d) e 4 s  3  2  
s s s 
2 s 4 s
1 2e e
e) 2  2  2
s s s
5 s 10s 40
2  2e e .e
f) 
s s4