Laplace transform with time shift

Join the discussion
Registration is free. Ask a follow-up in this thread, or start your own.
1 reply · 5K views
maxsthekat
Messages
55
Reaction score
0

Homework Statement



I need to find the Laplace transform of t*e-t*u(t-tau)

2. Homework Equations and attempt at solution

I know the general form of the transform, but my problem is in the time shift of the step function. If both parts of the expression were (t-tau), then I could just pull out an e(s*tau), but I have no idea what I'm supposed to do when one part has it and the other does not.

Can anyone help get me started?
 
Physics news on Phys.org
Hint:

[tex]te^{-t} = (t-\tau+\tau)e^{-(t-\tau+\tau)}[/tex]