diff --git a/climbing-stairs/kimyoung.js b/climbing-stairs/kimyoung.js
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+// found a pattern where the result is the addition of two previous elements,
+// but not sure if this is the expected answer
+var climbStairs = function (n) { 
+    let arr = new Array(n).fill(1);
+    for (let i = 2; i <= n; i++) {
+        arr[i] = arr[i - 2] + arr[i - 1];
+    }
+    return n === 1 ? 1 : arr[n];
+};
+
+// time - O(n) iterate up to n times
+// space - O(n) creates an array upto n elements
diff --git a/coin-change/kimyoung.js b/coin-change/kimyoung.js
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+var coinChange = function (coins, amount) {
+    // create a dp array that stores the minimum amount of coins used for each amount leading up to the target amount
+    // fill with array with amount + 1 as a default 
+    const dp = [0, ...new Array(amount).fill(amount + 1)];
+
+    // loop through the coins 
+    for (const coin of coins) {
+        // for each amount, assess how the current coin can modify the existing value within the dp array by comparing the min value
+        for (let i = 1; i <= amount; i++) {
+            // only works if coin is less than or equal to the assessing amount
+            if (coin <= i) {
+                // min comparison 
+                dp[i] = Math.min(dp[i], dp[i - coin] + 1);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    // check target amount in dp array to see if it's the default value
+    // if it's default value, it means coin combination cannot lead up to target amount
+    // if it's not default value, that is the minimum required coin change to lead up to target amount
+    return dp[amount] === amount + 1 ? -1 : dp[amount];
+};
+
+// time - O(a * c) loops through amount * loops through coin
+// space - O(a) depends on the size of amount
diff --git a/combination-sum/kimyoung.js b/combination-sum/kimyoung.js
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+var combinationSum = function (candidates, target) {
+    let results = [];
+
+    function helper(idx, curr, total) {
+        // base case - when total = target push into results
+        if (total === target) {
+            results.push([...curr]);
+            return;
+        }
+        // base exit case - when the index is greater or equal to candidates or the total is greater than target, exit
+        if (idx >= candidates.length || total > target) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // recursive case
+        // case where we include the current value without advancing the index
+        curr.push(candidates[idx]);
+        helper(idx, curr, total + candidates[idx]);
+        curr.pop()
+        // case where we advance the index 
+        helper(idx + 1, curr, total);
+    }
+    helper(0, [], 0);
+    
+    return results;
+};
+
+// time - O(2^n) backtracking
+// space - O(1)
diff --git a/product-of-array-except-self/kimyoung.js b/product-of-array-except-self/kimyoung.js
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+var productExceptSelf = function (nums) {
+    let result = new Array(nums.length).fill(0); // create a result array of length num
+    let pre = 1, post = 1; // default to 1 
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < nums.length; i++) { // fill the result array with prefix (multiplication of left values)
+        result[i] = pre;
+        pre *= nums[i];
+    }
+    for (let i = nums.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) { // multiply the postfix (multiplication of right values) to the result array in their corresponding index
+        result[i] *= post;
+        post *= nums[i];
+    }
+
+    return result;
+};
+
+// time - O(n) iterate through the nums array twice - 2n, remove constant which ends up to be n
+// space - O(1) result array not part of space complexity
diff --git a/two-sum/kimyoung.js b/two-sum/kimyoung.js
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+var twoSum = function (nums, target) {
+    let map = new Map(); // create a map to store the number and index of each element
+    for(let i = 0; i < nums.length; i++) {
+        let diff = target - nums[i];
+        if(map.has(diff)) { // once the differnece is found, return both index
+            return [i, map.get(diff)];
+        } else { // otherwise add to map
+            map.set(nums[i], i)
+        }
+    }
+};
+
+// time - O(n) at worst, iterate through the entire nums array 
+// space - O(n) at worst, map the entire nums array