Lateral Thinking Puzzle to Blow your Mind

It is a lateral thinking problem that will blow your mind. Even though some mathematical calculations need to be done to solve this lateral thinking puzzle but you need to think outside the box to solve this puzzle. Can you solve this lateral thinking puzzle?

Can you solve this lateral thinking puzzle?

The answer to this "Lateral Thinking Puzzle", can be viewed by clicking on the answer button.

The Answer is 12 - 8 - 3. The "issue" is that 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/8 = 23/24. So if we add one more it will make it divisible by all these given numbers. So this puzzle is solved.
They asked one wise man to help them. The wise man added one his horse to the herd to get 24 horses in total and then easily completed the testament: daughter got exactly a half (12 horses), second son - exactly one-third (8 horses) and youngest son - exactly one-eighth (3 horses). One horse was left after this and wise man got it as a "payment" for his help.

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