Solve the problem.A certain department store's profits for the months of July and August were a 6-digit palindrome, say $abc,def, satisfying these conditions:The store made less than $300,000 in profits;a + b = (d + c) + 1; b + c = 8; a ? b; andif a were decreased by 2 and b were increased by 3, the sum of the two new numbers would be equal to the sum of d and e.By how much did the store surpass its 2-month goal of $234,824?

Question

A. $253,352
B. $271,880
C. $9264
D. $18,528

Answer 1

Answer: D