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A palindrome is an integer that reads the same forward and backwards. For example, 31213 is a 5 digit palindrome. How many 3 digit palindromes are even?\r
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document.write( "We are looking for numbers like 606.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The first and 3rd digits are the same, and the 3rd must be even.\r\n" );
document.write( "The first cannot be 0, for that would amount to a 2-digit number.\r\n" );
document.write( "So we must pick the 1st and 3rd as either 2,4, 6, or 8.\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's 4 ways.\r\n" );
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document.write( "We can pick the middle digit any of 10 ways.\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's 4*10 or 40 ways, choice (C).\r\n" );
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