diff --git a/LeeCode_Problems/1653.minimumDeletionsToMakeStringBalanced.cpp b/LeeCode_Problems/1653.minimumDeletionsToMakeStringBalanced.cpp
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+++ b/LeeCode_Problems/1653.minimumDeletionsToMakeStringBalanced.cpp
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+#include<bits/stdc++.h>
+using namespace std;
+
+class Solution {
+public:
+    int minimumDeletions(string s) {
+        int bcount=0;
+        int del=0;
+        for(int i=0;i<s.size();i++){
+            if(s[i]=='a' && bcount>0){
+                bcount--;
+                del++;
+            }
+            if(s[i]=='b'){
+                bcount++;
+            }
+        }
+        return del;
+    }
+};
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diff --git a/LeeCode_Problems/20.Valid_Parentheses.cpp b/LeeCode_Problems/20.Valid_Parentheses.cpp
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+
+// Time Complexity: O(n);
+//Space Complexity: O(n) //auxiliary space
+#include<bits/stdc++.h>
+using namespace std;
+
+class Solution {
+public:
+    bool isValid(string s) {
+        stack<char> stk;
+        int i=0;
+        for(int i=0;i<s.size();i++){
+            char ch=s[i];
+            
+            if(ch=='(' || ch=='{' || ch=='['){
+                stk.push(ch);
+            }
+            else{
+                if(ch==')'){
+                    if(stk.empty() || stk.top()!='('){
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                    else{
+                        stk.pop();
+                    }
+                }
+                 else if(ch=='}'){
+                    if(stk.empty() || stk.top()!='{'){
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                    else{
+                        stk.pop();
+                    }
+                }
+                 else{
+                    if(stk.empty() || stk.top()!='['){
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                    else{
+                        stk.pop();
+                    }
+                }
+               
+            }
+            
+        }
+        return stk.empty();
+    }
+};
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