why do I keep getting this error message

Answer 1

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t = 0:1/320:0.5;
x = @(t) 6*cos(4*pi*t)+2*sin(16*pi*t) -4*sin(32*pi*t);% define anonymous function 
x(t)
plot(x(t))

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You could also use syms as well to define your symbolic function