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Expand Up @@ -23,8 +23,11 @@ palindromic product within that range, along with all of it's factors.

Given the range `[1, 9]` (both inclusive)...

The smallest product is `1`. It's factors are `(1, 1)`.
The largest product is `9`. It's factors are `(1, 9)`, `(3, 3)`, and `(9, 1)`.
And given the list of all possible products within this range:
`[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 15, 21, 24, 27, 20, 28, 32, 36, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 42, 48, 54, 49, 56, 63, 64, 72, 81]`

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It might also be handy to add a line identifying the palindromic products and noting explicitly there are no 2 digit palindromes.

The smallest palindrome product is `1`. It's factors are `(1, 1)`.
The largest palindrome product is `9`. It's factors are `(1, 9)`, `(3, 3)`, and `(9, 1)`.

## Example 2

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