2009 AMC 10B Problem 11
Problem 11 of 25IntermediateNumber TheoryCounting & Probability
How many -digit palindromes (numbers that read the same backward as forward) can be formed using the digits
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Solution
A -digit palindrome has the form with the middle digit used once and the outer three digits each used twice. Only appears an odd number of times, so must be the middle digit.
The remaining digits fill the first three positions in some order and mirror to the last three. There are such orderings.
Thus, the correct answer is A.