Rate of growth of linear and logarithmic functions

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I have the following limit:

$$\lim_{x\rightarrow+\infty}\frac{\log\left({e^{2x+1}}+x\right)}{x}=2$$

I know for sure that

$$\lim_{x\rightarrow+\infty}\frac{\log{x}}{x}=0$$

Because $x$ grows a lot faster than $\log{x}$. Then why wouldn't the first limit be equal to $0$ as well?

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because it has that $e^{2x+1}$ in the numerator it is making all the difference

$$\lim_{x\rightarrow+\infty}\frac{\log\left({e^{2x+1}}\right)}{x}\le\lim_{x\rightarrow+\infty}\frac{\log\left({e^{2x+1}}+x\right)}{x}$$

$$\lim_{x\rightarrow+\infty}\frac{\left({{2x+1}}\right)}{x}\le\lim_{x\rightarrow+\infty}\frac{\log\left({e^{2x+1}}+x\right)}{x}$$ $$2\le\lim_{x\rightarrow+\infty}\frac{\log\left({e^{2x+1}}+x\right)}{x}$$

find the limit using Lhopital's rule

$$\lim_{x\rightarrow+\infty}\frac{\log\left({e^{2x+1}}+x\right)}{x}=\lim_{x \to 0}\frac{e^{2x+1 }\cdot 2+1}{e^{2x+1} +x}$$

$$\lim_{x\rightarrow+\infty}\frac{\log\left({e^{2x+1}}+x\right)}{x}=\lim_{x \to 0}\frac{2+\frac{1}{e^{2x+1}}}{1+\frac{x}{e^{2x+1}}}=2 $$