2014 AMC 12A Problem 15

Write $\overline{abcba}=10001a+1010b+100c.$ Summing over all palindromes, each value of $a\in\{1,\dots,9\}$ occurs with $10\cdot10=100$ choices of $b,c,$ and each value of $b$ or $c$ occurs with $9\cdot10=90$ choices of the other two digits. Using $\sum a=\sum b=\sum c=45,$ $$\begin{gathered} \scriptsize S=45\big(10001\cdot100+1010\cdot90+100\cdot90\big)\\ =45\cdot1{,}100{,}000\\ =49{,}500{,}000. \end{gathered}$$ The sum of the digits of $S$ is $4+9+5=18.$ Thus, the correct answer is B.