\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=16cm, height=8cm, grid style={dashed, gray!30}, xmin= 0, % start the diagram at this x-coordinate xmax= 7, % end the diagram at this x-coordinate ymin=-1.1, % start the diagram at this y-coordinate ymax= 1.1, % end the diagram at this y-coordinate xlabel=$x$, ylabel=$y$, xtick={0,pi/2,pi,1.5*pi,2*pi}, xticklabels={0,$\frac{\pi}{2}$,$\pi$,$\frac{3 \cdot \pi}{2}$,$2 \pi$}, legend cell align=left, legend pos=south east, legend style={draw=none}, tick align=outside, enlargelimits=false] % plot the function \addplot[domain=0:7, red, ultra thick,samples=1000] {sin(deg(x))}; \addplot[domain=0:7, blue, ultra thick,dotted,samples=1000] {cos(deg(x))}; \legend{$\sin(x)$, $\cos(x)$} \end{axis} \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}