Consider a real valued source whose samples are independent and identically distributed random variables with the probability density function, f(x), as shown in the figure.

Consider a 1 bit quantizer that maps positive samples to value $$\alpha$$ and others to value $$\beta$$. If $$\alpha$$* and $$\beta$$* are the respective choices for $$\alpha$$ and $$\beta$$ that minimize the mean square quantization error, then ($$\alpha$$* $$-$$ $$\beta$$*) = ___________ (rounded off to two decimal places).

Consider a closed-loop control system with unity negative feedback and KG(s) in the forward path, where the gain K = 2. The complete Nyquist plot of the transfer function G(s) is shown in the figure. Note that the Nyquist contour has been chosen to have the clockwise sense. Assume G(s) has no poles on the closed right-half of the complex plane. The number of poles of the closed-loop transfer function in the closed right-half of the complex plane is ___________.

The root-locus plot of a closed-loop system with unity negative feedback and transfer function KG(s) in the forward path is shown in the figure. Note that K is varied from 0 to $$\infty$$.

Select the transfer function G(s) that results in the root-locus plot of the closed-loop system as shown in the figure.

Consider an even polynomial p(s) given by

$$p(s) = {s^4} + 5{s^2} + 4 + K$$

where K is an unknown real parameter. The complete range of K for which p(s) has all its roots on the imaginary axis is __________.