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+class Solution:
+    def climbStairs(self, n: int) -> int:
+        # Top-down linear programming approach, since we always have the choice
+        # to either jump 1 step or 2, so the number of choices is just based
+        # on the Fibonacci sequence.
+        a, b = 0, 1
+        for i in range(n):
+            a, b = b, a + b
+        return b