After the death of their father, three young men had a difficult time figuring out how to share 17 camels. In his will, the old man had stated that the eldest son would own half of the 17 camels; the middle one would get one third and the youngest one ninth. It took the intervention of a wise man to break the deadlock where he added his own camel to make the math easy. The 17 camels were divided as their father wanted and the wise man took back his. Therefore, the revenue-sharing formula must be fair, and must support one man, one vote and one shilling.

Source: The Star July 21, 2020 00:56 UTC