2009 AMC 10B Problem 11

How many $7$ -digit palindromes (numbers that read the same backward as forward) can be formed using the digits $2$ , $2$ , $3$ , $3$ , $5$ , $5$ , $5$ ?

$\text{(A) } 6 \qquad \text{(B) } 12 \qquad \text{(C) } 24 \qquad \text{(D) } 36 \qquad \text{(E) } 48$

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