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Number theory Difficulty 2.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

A palindromic number is one where the digits read the same forwards as backwards, such as $123321$ . What is the hundreds digit of the largest six-digit palindromic number that is divisible by 18?

(A) $9$ (B) $7$ (C) $5$ (D) $3$ (E) $1$

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