Old Arab with 3 sons dies, he wants to leave 1/2 to eldest son, 1/3 to middle son, 1/9 to youngest.
All he had was 17 camels but this gave a problem! 1/2 of 17, 1/3rd of 17, 1/9th of 17!!
Along comes an uncle to help, he lends them a camel to make 18.
Eldest gets 1/2 of 18 = 9
Middle gets 1/3 of 18 = 6
Youngest 1/9 0f 18 = 2
Total 17
Uncle takes the 18th camel home.
??????? how does this work?????
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