diff --git a/DeleteAndEarn.java b/DeleteAndEarn.java
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+// Time Complexity: O(n)
+// space complexity: O(1)
+class Solution {
+    public int deleteAndEarn(int[] nums) {
+        
+        int maxElement = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
+        for(int num: nums) {
+            maxElement = Math.max(num, maxElement);
+        }
+
+        int[] arr = new int[maxElement+1];
+
+        for(int num: nums) {
+            arr[num] +=num;
+        }
+
+        int prev = arr[0];
+        int curr = arr[1];
+
+        for(int i = 2; i < arr.length; i++) {
+            int temp = curr;
+            curr = Math.max(curr, prev+arr[i]);
+            prev = temp;
+        }
+
+        return curr;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/HouseRobber.java b/HouseRobber.java
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+// Time Complexity: O(n)
+// space complexity: O(n)
+class Solution {
+    public int rob(int[] nums) {
+        
+        int n = nums.length;
+
+        if(n ==1) {
+             return nums[0];
+        }    
+
+        int[] dp = new int[nums.length];
+
+        dp[0] = nums[0];
+        dp[1] = Math.max(nums[0], nums[1]);
+
+        for(int i = 2; i < n; i++) {
+            dp[i] = Math.max(dp[i-1], dp[i-2]+nums[i]);
+        }
+
+        return dp[n-1];
+    }
+}
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