You can put this solution on YOUR website! The 1st and the last digits must be the same
since it must read the same forwards of backwards.
The 1st digit cannot be , so the possibilities are:
1-1
2-2
3-3
4-4
5-5
6-6
7-7
8-8
9-9
Or, possibilites
The 2nd digit can be 0-9, or possibilities
There are choices for a 2nd digit for each
of the choices 1-1 through 9-9, so
there are 3-digit palindromes