SEVENTEEN CAMEL INEQUALITY
An Islamic man died and left his seventeen camels to be divided among his three sons. One was to get one ninth; one was to get one half; and the other was to get one third of the camels. But seventeen camels aren’t divisible by three or even two. The sons argued long and loud about how to divide the camels. Finally in desperation they agreed to ask a certain wiseman what to do. He was seated in front of his tent with his own camel staked out back. After hearing the case, this wise man took his own camel and added it to the other seventeen camels. This confused the young men until he gave one ninth of the eighteen — or two camels — to the first young man. Then he gave one half — or nine camels — to the second young man. And finally, he gave one third — or six camels — to the third young…
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