document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1047403>Question 1047403</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A group of students are riding in a school bus during a field trip. The bus driver noticed the odometer shows 42924 which is a palindrome-a number that reads the same forward and backward. How many more miles will the bus travel before the odometer displays another palindrome? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #662913 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mathslover><B>mathslover(157)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mathslover><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mathslover><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=662913\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> For a palindrome ,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let's keep the first and the last digit constant. The next palindrome in the odometer will have 3 in place of the 2. Also the smallest reading will be with a 0 replacing 9.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the number is 43034\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so the bus has to travel 43034 - 42924 =  110 miles </SPAN>\n" );
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