A transistor circuit is given below. The Zener diode breakdown voltage is $$5.3$$ $$V$$ as shown. Take base to emitter voltage drop to be $$0.6$$ V. The value of the current gain $$\beta $$ is ________.

Given the following polynomial equation $${s^3} + 5.5{s^2} + 8.5s + 3 = 0$$ the number of roots of the polynomial which have real parts strictly less than $$-1$$ is _____________.

The transfer function of a system is $${{Y\left( s \right)} \over {R\left( s \right)}} = {s \over {s + 2}}.$$ The steady state $$y(t)$$ is $$Acos$$$$\left( {2t + \phi } \right)$$ for the input $$\cos \left( {2t} \right).$$ The values of $$A$$ and $$\phi ,$$ respectively are

The phase cross-over frequency of the transfer function $$G\left( s \right) = {{100} \over {{{\left( {s + 1} \right)}^3}}}\,\,$$ in $$rad/s$$ is