In ancient India, an old man left a will and gave 17 cows to his three sons. He wrote in his will: the boss gets two points of the total.

This is a very old story, and the correct division is as follows:

Borrow a cow from a neighbor first. It's 18 cow:

Then the boss is divided into two parts, 1, that is, 18/2=9 heads.

The second child is 1, which means 18/3=6 heads.

The third sample is 1, which means 18/9=2 heads.

Three people add up to 9+6+2= 17 head, and one head is returned to others, so three people actually got 17 head of cattle.

I don't know if I answered your question.

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