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I'm working through and learning about Inverse $\mathcal Z$-transforms right now, and I'm getting caught up on trying to find the Inverse $\mathcal Z$-transform of the following: $$\sum_{k=1}^P\frac{1}{z^{60k+1}-az^{60k}}$$ I'm not really sure how to proceed. I'm trying to manipulate the equation by pulling out $z^{30k}$, but it seems to not be going anywhere. If anyone can point me in the right direction, I'd appreciate it.

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Multiply the top and bottom of the fraction by $z^{-60k}$ in each term, and you are left with each term being:

$$ z^{-60k}\frac{1}{z-a} = z^{-60k-1}\frac{1}{1-az^{-1}} $$

The first factor delays the output by $60k +1$ samples, and the remaining factor is a simple one pole transfer function, giving:

$$ x[n] = \sum_{k=1}^{P} a^{n - 60k - 1} u[n - 60k - 1] $$

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