Solution

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Use the shift derivative of a step response, writing with . Differentiate with respect to the forcing location:
The possible delta term vanishes because , while . Therefore, as a distribution and also as the ordinary piecewise response,
Moving the start of a unit step differentiates its forcing into a negative impulse. The zero initial conditions and linearity ensure that the corresponding responses obey the same identity, including the zero-frequency cases.

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