Ethyl bought Lucy two new dolls for her doll collection.  This increased the doll collection by 25%.  After the addition of the two new dolls, how many dolls are in Lucy's collection?
Let's let "x" be the original number of dolls in Lucy's doll collection.
Then, 2 dolls equals an increase of 25%, and this can be written as x*0.25=
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2.
Solving for x we get x=2/0.25=
<gadget id="calculator">2/0.25</gadget>
<output>8</output>
8 dolls in Lucy's original collection.
After the gift of two new dolls, Lucy's collection contains 8+2=
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<output>10</output>
10 dolls.

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