A mixer stage has a noise figure of 20 dB. This mixer stage is preceded by an amplifier which has a noise figure of 9 dB and an available power gain of 15 dB. The overall noise figure referred to the input is
(a) 11.07
(b) 18.23
(c) 56.43
(d) 97.38
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Origin of the question is Noise topic in section EDC Overview of Electronic Devices & Circuits