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Frequency spectrum of signal - Matlab

Here is the code I use to plot a function in frequency domain in Matlab:

    dt = 1/10000; % sampling rate
    et = 0.1; % end of the interval
    t = 0:dt:et; % sampling range
    y = 2+sin(2.*pi.*50.*t)+18.*sin(2.*pi.*90.*t)+6.*sin(2.*pi.*180.*t); %     sample the signal
    subplot(2,1,1); % first of two plots
    plot(t,y); grid on % plot with grid
    xlabel('Time (s)'); % time expressed in seconds
    ylabel('Amplitude'); % amplitude as function of time
    Y = fft(y); % compute Fourier transform
    n = size(y,2)/2; % 2nd half are complex conjugates
    amp_spec = abs(Y)/n; % absolute value and normalize
    subplot(2,1,2); % second of two plots
    freq = (0:100)/(2*n*dt); % abscissa viewing window
    stem(freq,amp_spec(1:101)); grid on % plot amplitude spectrum
    xlabel('Frequency (Hz)'); % 1 Herz = number of cycles/second
    ylabel('Amplitude'); % amplitude as function of frequency

The problem is, when I zoom in my graph I don't see peaks exactly on 50Hz, 90Hz and 180Hz.

What did I do wrong in my code?

hari
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