How Many Camels? A Camel merchant willed his 17 camels to his three sons. In the merchants will, the camels were to be divided among them as follows: The eldest son was to receive half of the camels The middle son was to receive a third of the camels The youngest son was to receive a ninth of the camels. The executor of the merchant's estate was perplexed. Finally, he devised a method for dividing the camels without having to slaughter any of the animals. How many camels did each son receive and explain his solution?