2003 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 8

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Let $a$ and $b$ be the digits of $x$,

\[\clubsuit(\]\clubsuit(x)) = a + b = 3$$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)

Clearly the only two digit numbers whose digits sum to $3$ are $12, 21,$ and $30$, thus the answer is $3 \Rightarrow \text (A)$