What is x when 17 divided by x equals 44?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 17 ÷ 44 = 0.38636363636364

To prove this, let's compute 17 divided by 0.38636363636364: $\frac{17}{0.38636363636364} = 44$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 17 divided by x gives a result of 44, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{17}{x} = 44$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{17 x}{x} = 44 x$
$\frac{17 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 17$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 17$ (or just $17$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $17 = 44 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 44: $\frac{17}{44} = \frac{44 x}{44}$
Which gives, after simplification: $0.38636363636364 = x$ (or $x = 0.38636363636364$ )

So, if the dividend is 17 and the quotient is 44, the divisor is 0.38636363636364.