2021 AIME II Problems/Problem 1

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Problem

Find the arithmetic mean of all the three-digit palindromes. (Recall that a palindrome is a number that reads the same forward and backward, such as $777$ or $383$.)

Solution

Recall the the arithmetic mean of all the $n$ digit palindromes is just the average of the largest and smallest $n$ digit palindromes, and in this case the $2$ palindromes are $101$ and $999$ and $\frac{101+999}{2}=550$ and $\boxed{550}$ is the final answer.

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See also

2021 AIME II (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
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