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+frequency = 5;          % frequency of the sine wave in Hz
+time = 0.01:0.01:1.0;   % the time axis
+signal = sin(2 * pi * time * frequency);
+
+plot(time, signal);
+xlabel('time [s]');
+ylabel('signal');
+title('5Hz sine wave')