Driving along, terry notices that the last four digits on the odometer are palindromic. a mile later, the last five digits are palindromic. a mile later, the middle four digits are palindromic. one mile after that, all six are palindromic. what was the odometer reading when terry first looked at it?

The answer is 198888.

Explanation:

Palindromic numbers are those that can be read the same way left-to-right or right-to-left.

- When Terry first looked at the odometer, it read 198888 - the last four digits are palindromic.

- A mile later, the odometer read 198889 - the last five digits are palindromic.

- A mile later, the odometer read 198890 - the middle four digits are palindromic.

- A mile later, the odometer read 198891 - all six digits are palindromic.

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