What is x when 17 divided by x equals 16?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 17 ÷ 16 = 1.0625

To prove this, let's compute 17 divided by 1.0625: $\frac{17}{1.0625} = 16$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 17 divided by x gives a result of 16, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{17}{x} = 16$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{17 x}{x} = 16 x$
$\frac{17 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 17$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 17$ (or just $17$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $17 = 16 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 16: $\frac{17}{16} = \frac{16 x}{16}$
Which gives, after simplification: $1.0625 = x$ (or $x = 1.0625$ )

So, if the dividend is 17 and the quotient is 16, the divisor is 1.0625.