POW#8 Spring 2022

Solutions due by noon on Friday, April 8

A palindromic integer is a positive integer whose decimal expansion is symmetric. In other words, it is an integer that reads the same backwards and forward. Examples are 11, 101, 3553, and 45654.

How many five-digit palindromes are there?

How many are odd, and how many are even?

This problem is brought to you by Prof. Jessica Chapman.

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