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Problem
Many states use a sequence of three letters followed by a sequence of three digits as their standard license-plate pattern. Given that each three-letter three-digit arrangement is equally likely, the probability that such a license plate will contain at least one palindrome (a three-letter arrangement or a three-digit arrangement that reads the same left-to-right as it does right-to-left) is 
, where 
and 
are relatively prime positive integers. Find 
Solution
We first have a slice of apple PIE:
7+52=59
See also
| 2002 AIME I (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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