A question for you to ponder. Can you solve the problem for them

Here is a question for you to ponder. Can you come up with a good solution to stop the fight?

A farmer died leaving his 17 horses to his three sons.
When his sons opened up the Will it read:

My eldest son should get 1/2 (half) of total horses;

My middle son should be given 1/3rd (one-third) of the total horses;

My youngest son should be given 1/9th (one-ninth) of the total horses.

As it’s impossible to divide 17 into half or 17 by 3 or 17 by 9, the three sons started to fight with each other.

 

 

Can you solve this inheritance problem for the farmer's three sons?