Eight and half camel

Once upon a time in a desert, lived a draft animal supplier, Ramaiah. He had 17 camels. He gave the camels on rent for transportation purpose and made his living. Over time, he became old and passed away. His 3 sons decided to distribute their inherited property. They were able to share all the properties except camels, according to the will prepared by their father before his death. According to the will, 1/2 of them were allocated to the elder son, 1/3rd to the second son and 1/9th to the third. Half of the camels means eight and half to the elder son, and similar allocation to remaining sons. Since they could not distribute in such a manner, they approached a wise man in the village, after much deliberation. The wise man asked to bring all the camels they had. Once they bought all the 17 camels, the wise man added one of his camel to the 17 camels and then asked them to distribute as per the will. The will suggested, elder son to get 1/2 of the camels.the elder son was allocated half of the camels, and so they gave him 9 camels. The second son was given 1/3 of 18 camels, which is 6.  Similarly the younger son was given 2 camels. In total, 17 camels - 9, 6 and 2 for elder, second and younger son respectively were distributed. The camel which was added by the wise man was left over and he took it back. The brothers were happy with the distribution and thanked the wiseman for solving the problem and returned home.