2020 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 6
Problem
Driving along a highway, Megan noticed that her odometer showed 
(miles). This number is a palindrome-it reads the same forward and backward. Then 
hours later, the odometer displayed the next higher palindrome. What was her average speed, in miles per hour, during this -hour period?
Solution
In order to get the smallest palindrome greater than , we need to raise the middle digit. If we were to raise any of the digits after the middle, we would be forced to also raise a digit before the middle to keep it a palindrome, making it unnecessarily larger.
So we raise 
to the next largest value, 
, but obviously, that's not how place value works, so we're in the 
s now. To keep this a palindrome, our number is now 
.
So Megan drove 
miles. Since this happened over hours, she drove at 
mph. ~quacker88
Video Solution
~IceMatrix
~savannahsolver
Video Solution
https://youtu.be/ZhAZ1oPe5Ds?t=1361
See Also
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