Solution

No! The solution was no wonder neither was it correct! But there was nothing wrong with the arithmatic! But the law was weird since it only distributed  1/2 + 1/3 + 1/9 = 17/18 of the total fortune! Maybe the last eighteenth was meant to be some kind of tax although that seems to be too small according to the standards in our time.  But admitt that it solved the problem for the poor man!

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Last updated: 01-11-17 by Ingvar Jönsson