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A car odometer shows 72927 mile,a palindrome number.What are the minimum miles you would need to travel to form another?

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A car odometer shows 72927 mile,a palindrome number.What are the minimum miles you would need to travel to form another?
posted Aug 20, 2015 by Nimish

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