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2017 Pascal Problem 24

A town has 2017 houses. Of these 2017 houses, 1820 have a dog, 1651 have a cat, and 1182 have a turtle. If x is the largest possible number of houses that have a dog, a cat, and a turtle, and y is the smallest possible number of houses that have a dog, a cat, and a turtle, then x - y is

\textbf{(A)}\ 1182\quad \textbf{(B)}\ 638\quad \textbf{(C)}\ 563\quad \textbf{(D)}\ 619\quad \textbf{(E)}\ 466

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