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2010 AMC 12A Problem 6

A \textit{palindrome}, such as 83438, is a number that remains the same when its digits are reversed. The numbers x and x+32 are three-digit and four-digit palindromes, respectively. What is the sum of the digits of x?

\textbf{(A)}\ 20 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 21 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 22 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 23 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 24


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