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+def is_valid_entry(ent: tuple[int, list[int]], current_result: int = 0, current_index: int = 0) -> bool:
+    if current_index == 0:
+        current_result += ent[1][current_index]
+        return is_valid_entry(ent, current_result, current_index + 1)
+
+    if current_index >= len(ent[1]):
+        if current_result == ent[0]:
+            return True
+        return False
+
+    new_result = current_result + ent[1][current_index]
+
+    if new_result <= ent[0]:
+        if is_valid_entry(ent, new_result, current_index + 1):
+            return True
+
+    new_result = current_result * ent[1][current_index]
+
+    if new_result <= ent[0]:
+        if is_valid_entry(ent, new_result, current_index + 1):
+            return True
+
+    new_result = int(f"{current_result}{ent[1][current_index]}")
+
+    if new_result <= ent[0]:
+        if is_valid_entry(ent, new_result, current_index + 1):
+            return True
+
+    return False
+
+entries = []
+
+with open("input") as f:
+    for line in f:
+        line = line.strip()
+        split = line.split(": ")
+        entries.append((int(split[0]), [int(elem) for elem in split[1].split(" ")]))
+
+result = 0
+for entry in entries:
+    if is_valid_entry(entry):
+        result += entry[0]
+
+print(result)
+\ No newline at end of file