How does this recursion work?

Question

This is an example from Eloquent Javascript:

By starting from the number 1 and repeatedly either adding 5 or multiplying by 3, an infinite amount of

Answer 1

This function starts with 1 and then tries to either add 5 to it or multiply it by 3. If that is equal to the goal, the function terminates and prints out the expression found. If not, it calls itself recursively with the value at that level until a match is found or until the values become too high.

Does that help?