Question 5


The impulse response h(n) was found using the difference equation obtained in question 3. Microsoft Excel was used to obtain numerical results for h(n), for n ranging from 0-25. The results are tabulated and graphed below.

 

N

x(n)

y(n) = h(n)

-2

0

0

-1

0

0

0

1

0.161

1

0

0

2

0

-0.26976

3

0

0

4

0

0.18222

5

0

0

6

0

-0.12309

7

0

0

8

0

0.083147

9

0

0

10

0

-0.05617

11

0

0

12

0

0.03794

13

0

0

14

0

-0.02563

15

0

0

16

0

0.017312

17

0

0

18

0

-0.01169

19

0

0

20

0

0.007899

21

0

0

22

0

-0.00534

23

0

0

24

0

0.003605

25

0

0

26

0

-0.00243

From the table and graph, it can be calculated that h(n) is less than 1% of its maximum value when n greater than or equal to 22.