Now to Bill's problem:

The lawyer says: "See, your father also left you a little sum of money, just enough to buy one more horse. You have eighteen horses then. The oldest gets 1/2 that is nine horses, the next gets 1/3 that is six horses, the youngest gets 1/9 that is 2 horses." "But, say one brother, that only adds to 17 horses" "Right, says the lawyer, the last horse is for me for my advice how to divide the 17 horses. And by the way, we don't need to buy the 18th horse, you can give me the money alright..."

Wolfgang