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Lend sheep to divide sheep, right? An old man died and wrote a will:
I think it is wrong from a mathematical point of view.

*** 17 sheep, the eldest son gets half of the sheep, mathematically speaking, the eldest son gets 8.5 sheep.

If you borrow a sheep, the eldest son will be divided into nine parts.

There is a basic mathematical truth hidden in this: the larger the cardinal number, the greater the proportion of cardinal number, and the larger the number, and vice versa.