Math & Science ⇒ Weird included Graphics Output

[ghostanime2001]

can you explain thoroughly what this line means? your description is a bit vague and unclear to new latex users like me.

\raisebox{1.75ex}{\parbox[t]{2in}{\null\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{Diagram.pdf}}}

[localghost]

So the line in question is this one.

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\raisebox{1.75ex}{\parbox[t]{2in}{\null\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{Diagram.pdf}}}

Let's write it in a slightly different form to add comments for explanations.

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\raisebox{1.75ex}{%                                    % raise the following content by the given height
  \parbox[t]{2in}{%                                    % create a box of the given width with alignment to the top
    \null%                                             % create a kind of anchor to fool LaTeX
    \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{Diagram.pdf}%   % include external graphics file
  }
}

I suggest to do some basic reading [1]. With exception of the \null command (which is just an empty box with zero dimension) you will get detailed explanations for all LaTeX commands and their effects.

[1] View topic: LaTeX Resources for Beginners