A man dies, leaving behind three sons, 17 camels, and the following order:
a.The oldest son shall inherit one in two camels.
b.The middle son shall inherit one in three camels.
c.The youngest son shall inherit one in nine camels
Now the three sons do not know what to do. The ask an old friend of the family for advice, and he finds a solution. What does the friend purpose?
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❔❔YOUR QUESTION IS:-
A man dies, leaving behind three sons, 17 camels, and the following order:
a.The oldest son shall inherit one in two camels.
b.The middle son shall inherit one in three camels.
c.The youngest son shall inherit one in nine camels
Now the three sons do not know what to do. The ask an old friend of the family for advice, and he finds a solution. What does the friend purpose?
✒✒YOUR ANSWER IS:-
Actually, he bequeathed Half [1/2] his property to his eldest son, One-third [1/3] his property to his second son and One-ninth [1/9] his property to his youngest son.
The sons were in a quandary wondering how to divide 17 camels into half, one-third and one-ninth parts. [Strictly going by the ratio specified in the will, it worked out to be 8.5 camels for the eldest son, 5.67 camels for the second son and 1.89 camels to the youngest son].
and then they went to there friend for advice.
Their friend was also owing 1 camel...so he told them to add that one in their property.
And then it certainly became 18 camels.
the share of eldest one was half the total camels – half of eighteen works out to be nine – so he took them....
Nine camels remained. [18 – 9 = 9]
middle sons share was one third the total camels – one third of eighteen works out to be six
Three camels remained. [9 – 6 = 3]
Finally youngest got share which was one ninth the total camels – one ninth of eighteen works out to be two – so he got two...
When the youngest son took his camel then only 1 camel remained their friend's camel so he took his...
That's the solution that their friend gave.
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Let's summarise the given information first.
17 camels need to be divided among three sons with the ratio as described by their father
1st son — one in two of the camels (17/2)
2nd son — one in three of camels (17/3)
3rd son — one in ninth of camels (17/9)
The children were curious about how to divide 17 camels into three simple fractional components, as their father described them. They visited the intellectual for advice. He divide the camels among them as follows
1st son — one in two of the camels (17/2)=( 17 - 8.75 ) = 8.75 → Remaining 8.75
2nd son — one in three of camels (17/3) = 5.66 = → Remaining 3.09
3rd son — one in ninth of camels (17/9) = 1.88
So the wise man gave 1.88 of 3.09 to the younger son and save 1.09 for himself that was the purpose of wise man/ old friend