An outdated farmer died leaving his 17 horses to his 3 sons.
When his sons opened up the desire it learn:
‘My eldest son ought to get 1/2 (half) of complete horses;’
‘My center son ought to be given 1/third (one-third) of the overall horses;’
‘My youngest son ought to be given 1/ninth (one-ninth) of the overall horses.’
Because it’s unimaginable to divide 17 into half or 17 by 3 or 17 by 9, the three sons began to battle with one another.
So, they determined to go to a farmer pal who they thought of fairly sensible, to see if he may work it out for them.
The farmer pal learn the desire patiently, and, after giving due thought, introduced one in every of his personal horses over and added it to the 17.
That elevated the overall to 18 horses.
Now, he divided the horses in response to their father’s will.
Half of 18 = 9. So he gave the eldest son 9 horses.
1/third of 18 = 6. So he gave the center son 6 horses.
1/ninth of 18 = 2. So he gave the youngest son 2 horses.
Now add up what number of horses they’ve:
Eldest son 9
Center son 6
Youngest son 2
TOTAL = 17
This leaves one horse over, so the farmer pal takes his horse again to his farm……
