SOLUTION: We call a time on a digital clock a palindrome if it is read the same way in either direction. For example, 5:45 is a palindrome. From noon to midnight, how many palindromes appear

Question 550727: We call a time on a digital clock a palindrome if it is read the same way in either direction. For example, 5:45 is a palindrome. From noon to midnight, how many palindromes appear on a digital clock?
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Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
At 12 o' clock, there is only one way to get a palindrome and it's at 12:21

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At 1 o' clock, there are 6 ways to have a palindrome and they are

1:01, 1:11, 1:21, 1:31, 1:41, 1:51

At 2 o' clock, there are 6 ways to have a palindrome and they are

2:01, 2:11, 2:21, 2:31, 2:41, 2:51

etc... all the way up to 10 o' clock (but not including 10 o' clock)

There are 6 palindromes for each hour in the list above and there are 9 hours from 1 o clock to 9 o clock. So there are 6*9 = 54 palindromes from 1 to 9 o clock

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From 10 o' clock on to midnight, there are only 2 ways to get a palindrome and they are:

10:01, 11:11

So there are 1+54+2 = 57 palindromes total

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