Number coincidences

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A work project involved extracting 3 items from a list of 1754 numbered items. Two of the extracted items were numbers 1749 and 49 [i.e. they have 2 digits in common]. The 3rd was number 617 and I noticed that 1749 is an integer multiple of 600 MINUS 17. [3 x (600-17)=1749]
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Date submitted:Thu, 20 Feb 2014 17:20:08 +0000Coincidence ID:7462