
A palindrome is a word or phrase that is spelled the same forward and backward. My favorite palindromes are "I, madam, I made radio. So I dared! Am I mad, am I?" and "Rats live on no evil star."
A palindrome number is one which would have the same value if it were turned front to back. The numbers 12,321 and 5,775 are examples.
Problem: Find a palindrome number x such that
where if A is the first digit of x, B is the second digit, and C is the third digit of x, then
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