Accidentally removed download from dock

Hi, I'm a new mac user. I accidentally removed download and documents from the dock and I want them back. Not sure how to do this. Thanks

Downloads and Documents are folders in your home folder (the one with the house icon). The icons in the Dock are just aliases (shortcuts) to those folders.
To restore them to the Dock, just drag the folder from the home folder in the Finder window to it's place in the Dock (to the right of the divider, or below it if you have the Dock down the side). Wait until the other icons move out of the way for it before releasing the mouse button.
Don't try to drag the ones from the Finder sidebar; they're just aliases too.

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