A farmer dies leaving his 17 camels to be split between his 3 sons. He wants the eldest to have half the camels, the second son to have a third, and the youngest to have a ninth.
But 17 isn’t dividable in whole numbers by 2, 3 or 9, so the sons are lost.,,,and start quarreling.
Just then, there's a old wise man passing by on a camel. Seeing the brothers fight, he offers to help. He says that while he doesn’t know the answer, but if it can be of any help, he is happy to give them his camel. That camel is old and none of the sons wants it, but they agree nonetheless.
They now have 18 camels; and so the eldest can have his share of half (9 camels), the second son his share of a third (6 camels), and the youngest his share of a ninth (2 camels).
Interestingly, even the wise man can have his old camel back !!!
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