1. Calculate the total number of possible license plates:
Each license plate consists of three letters followed by three digits.
- There are 26 possible choices for each letter.
- There are 10 possible choices for each digit.
Therefore, the total number of possible license plates is:
263×103
2. Calculate the number of three-letter palindromes:
A three-letter palindrome has the form ABA, where A and B are letters.
- There are 26 choices for A.
- There are 26 choices for B.
Therefore, the number of three-letter palindromes is:
26×26=676
3. Calculate the number of three-digit palindromes:
A three-digit palindrome has the form CDC, where C and D are digits.
- There are 10 choices for C.
- There are 10 choices for D.
Therefore, the number of three-digit palindromes is:
10×10=100
4. Calculate the number of license plates with at least one palindrome:
- The number of license plates with a three-letter palindrome is:
676×103
- The number of license plates with a three-digit palindrome is:
263×100
- The number of license plates with both a three-letter and a three-digit palindrome is:
676×100
Using the principle of inclusion and exclusion, the number of license plates with at least one palindrome is:
676×103+263×100−676×100
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