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Friday, January 23, 2009

Some Quick Palindrome Math

A car's odometer shows 72927 miles, a palindromic number. What are the minimum miles you would need to travel to form another?

A palindrome is a word (or in this case a number) which can be read forwards and backwards as the same word, such as kayak or 1221.
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3 comments:

  1. Abe1/23/2009 11:47 AM

    The next one would be 73037, I would think. So, 110 miles?

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  2. Anonymous1/27/2009 5:12 AM

    I got 110 too, is this correct?

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  3. Unknown1/28/2009 7:52 AM

    I believe so. 73,037 should be the next palindrome mile, so the car has to go 110 miles to get there.

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