"""Generate equivalent-linear-equation-intersections.png in the current directory.""" from pathlib import Path import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np def main(): plt.rcParams.update({"font.size": 12, "axes.spines.top": False, "axes.spines.right": False}) x = np.linspace(0, 5, 250) fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, 3, figsize=(10.6, 4.8), dpi=120, facecolor="white") examples = [ (2 * x + 3, 9, r"$2x+3=9$", r"$L(x)=2x+3$", r"$R(x)=9$"), (2 * x, 6, r"$2x=6$", r"$L(x)=2x$", r"$R(x)=6$"), (x, 3, r"$x=3$", r"$L(x)=x$", r"$R(x)=3$"), ] for ax, (left, right, title, lhs, rhs) in zip(axes, examples): ax.plot(x, left, color="#2875ad", linewidth=2.4, label=lhs) ax.axhline(right, color="#d4652b", linewidth=2.2, label=rhs) ax.scatter([3], [right], color="#23815b", s=65, zorder=4) ax.axvline(3, color="#23815b", linestyle="--", linewidth=1.1, alpha=0.8) ax.set(title=title, xlabel=r"Input $x$", ylabel="Value of each side", xlim=(0, 5), ylim=(0, 14), xticks=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]) ax.legend(loc="upper left", fontsize=10) ax.grid(alpha=0.18) fig.suptitle("Different comparisons, the same solution", fontsize=16, y=0.98) fig.text(0.385, 0.83, "subtract 3\nfrom both sides", ha="center", fontsize=10) fig.text(0.706, 0.83, "divide both\nsides by 2", ha="center", fontsize=10) fig.subplots_adjust(left=0.07, right=0.98, bottom=0.20, top=0.76, wspace=0.34) fig.text(0.5, 0.065, "Each reversible step preserves the solution set {3}.", ha="center", fontsize=12) fig.savefig(Path.cwd() / "equivalent-linear-equation-intersections.png", facecolor="white") plt.close(fig) if __name__ == "__main__": main()