once three men bought seventeen oranges.the first man wanted one half; the second one,one third;

once three men bought seventeen oranges.the first man wanted one half; the second one,one third;
once three men bought seventeen oranges.the first man wanted one half; the second one,one third; and the third,one ninth.it was not possible to divide those seventeen oranges as they wanted.just as they were in such a difficulty,a small boy came up with an orange in his hand.the boy said,"don't worry about that.let me divide them for you." first of all,with his own orange added to them,he made the number of oranges eighteen.then he gave nine to the first,six to the second man and two to the third man.hegave away seventeen in all and took his own for himself.these men praised together,"what a clever boy!"
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