\documentclass[varwidth=false, border=2pt]{standalone} \usepackage{pgfplots} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{nicefrac} \pgfplotsset{every axis legend/.append style={ at={(0,0)}, anchor=north east}} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{axis}[ axis x line=middle, axis y line=middle, grid = major, width=8cm, height=8cm, grid style={dashed, gray!30}, xmin=-5, % start the diagram at this x-coordinate xmax= 5, % end the diagram at this x-coordinate ymin=-5, % start the diagram at this y-coordinate ymax= 5, % end the diagram at this y-coordinate xlabel=$x$, ylabel=$y$, legend cell align=left, legend pos=south east, legend style={draw=none}, tick align=outside, enlargelimits=false] % plot the function \addplot[domain=-5:5, red, ultra thick,samples=500] {0.5*x}; \addplot[domain=-5:5, green!50!black, ultra thick,dashed,samples=500] {x}; \addplot[domain=-5:5, blue, ultra thick,dotted,samples=500] {2*x}; \legend{$\nicefrac{1}{2} \cdot x$,$x$,$2 \cdot x$} \end{axis} \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}