diff --git a/addOperators.java b/addOperators.java
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+// Time Complexity : O(4^n)
+// Space Complexity : O(n)
+// Did this code successfully run on Leetcode : Yes
+// Any problem you faced while coding this : None
+
+class Solution {
+    List<String> result;
+    public List<String> addOperators(String num, int target) {
+        this.result = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        helper(num, target, 0, 0, 0, 0, new StringBuilder());
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    private void helper(String num, int target, int i, long curr, long calc, long tail, StringBuilder path) {
+
+        if(i == num.length()) {
+            if(calc == target && curr == 0) {
+                result.add(path.toString());
+            }
+            return;
+        }
+
+        curr = curr * 10 + num.charAt(i) - '0';
+
+        if(curr > 0) {
+            helper(num, target, i + 1, curr, calc, tail, path);
+        }
+
+        int le = path.length();
+
+        if(path.length() == 0) {
+            path.append(curr);
+            helper(num, target, i + 1, 0, curr, curr, path);
+            path.setLength(le);
+        } else {
+            path.append("+").append(curr);
+            helper(num, target, i + 1, 0, calc + curr, curr, path);
+            path.setLength(le);
+
+            path.append("-").append(curr);
+            helper(num, target, i + 1, 0, calc - curr, -curr, path);
+            path.setLength(le);
+
+            path.append("*").append(curr);
+            helper(num, target, i + 1, 0, calc - tail + (tail * curr), tail * curr, path);
+            path.setLength(le);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/combinationSum.java b/combinationSum.java
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+// Time Complexity : O(n * 2^(m+n)
+// Space Complexity : O(n * h) -> O(n^2)
+// Did this code successfully run on Leetcode : Yes
+// Any problem you faced while coding this : None
+class Solution {
+    List<List<Integer>> result;
+    public List<List<Integer>> combinationSum(int[] candidates, int target) {
+        this.result = new ArrayList<>();
+        helper(candidates, target, 0, new ArrayList<>());
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    private void helper(int[] candidates, int target, int pivot, List<Integer> path) {
+
+        //base case
+        if (target < 0) return;
+
+        if (target == 0) {
+            result.add(path);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        for (int i = pivot; i < candidates.length; i++) {
+            //action
+            List<Integer> list = new ArrayList<>(path);
+            list.add(candidates[i]);
+
+            //recurse
+            helper(candidates, target - candidates[i], i, list);
+        }
+    }
+}