Multiple Choice

An industrial technician is calibrating a digital pressure gauge. The gauge currently shows a deviation of +15 units. To reset the gauge to zero, the technician applies a correction of -15 units. Which mathematical property states that the sum of the deviation and its opposite will result in exactly zero (+15 + (-15) = 0)?

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