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==Problem 13==
 
==Problem 13==
A ''palindrome'' is a number that has the same value when read from left to right or from right to left. (For example 12321 is a palindrome.) Let <math>N</math> be the least three-digit integer which is not a palindrome but which is the sum of three distinct two-digit palindromes. What is the sum of the digits of <math>N</math>?
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A ''palindrome'' is a number that has the same value when read from left to right or from right to left. (For example, 12321 is a palindrome.) Let <math>N</math> be the least three-digit integer which is not a palindrome but which is the sum of three distinct two-digit palindromes. What is the sum of the digits of <math>N</math>?
  
 
<math>\textbf{(A) }2\qquad\textbf{(B) }3\qquad\textbf{(C) }4\qquad\textbf{(D) }5\qquad\textbf{(E) }6</math>
 
<math>\textbf{(A) }2\qquad\textbf{(B) }3\qquad\textbf{(C) }4\qquad\textbf{(D) }5\qquad\textbf{(E) }6</math>
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Video Solution - https://youtu.be/Lw8fSbX_8FU (Also explains problems 11-20)
 
Video Solution - https://youtu.be/Lw8fSbX_8FU (Also explains problems 11-20)
  
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Revision as of 12:31, 31 October 2020

Problem 13

A palindrome is a number that has the same value when read from left to right or from right to left. (For example, 12321 is a palindrome.) Let $N$ be the least three-digit integer which is not a palindrome but which is the sum of three distinct two-digit palindromes. What is the sum of the digits of $N$?

$\textbf{(A) }2\qquad\textbf{(B) }3\qquad\textbf{(C) }4\qquad\textbf{(D) }5\qquad\textbf{(E) }6$

Solution 1

Note that the only positive 2-digit palindromes are multiples of 11, namely $11, 22, \ldots, 99$. Since $N$ is the sum of 2-digit palindromes, $N$ is necessarily a multiple of 11. The smallest 3-digit multiple of 11 which is not a palindrome is 110, so $N=110$ is a candidate solution. We must check that 110 can be written as the sum of three distinct 2-digit palindromes; this suffices as $110=77+22+11$. Then $N = 110$, and the sum of the digits of $N$ is $1+1+0 = \boxed{\textbf{(A) }2}$.

Solution 2

Associated video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOnNFeZs7S8

Video Solution - https://youtu.be/Lw8fSbX_8FU (Also explains problems 11-20)

See also

2019 AMC 8 (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
Preceded by
Problem 12
Followed by
Problem 14
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