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Zero. The sum of anything and it's opposite is zero, that's how an opposite is defined.

In this case, the opposite of 2x + 1 is -(2x + 1) = -2x - 1 by the distributive property. Adding like terms, 2x + -2x + 1 +-1 = 0 + 0 = 0.

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