reset set border set xtics 1 set ytics 20 set xzeroaxis lt 9 lw 2 set yzeroaxis lt 9 lw 2 set style line 1 lt -1 lw 2 set style line 2 lt -1 lw 1 set style line 3 lt 12 lw 3 set grid ls 2 show grid set xrange [-6:6] set yrange [-120:120] # set samples 1000 set key off f(x)=0 g(x)=x**2+32*x+260 h(x)=-4+sqrt(x+16) plot f(x) ls 1 # plot f(x) ls 1,g(x) ls 2, h(x) ls 3