What is x when 17 divided by x equals 59?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 17 ÷ 59 = 0.28813559322034

To prove this, let's compute 17 divided by 0.28813559322034: $\frac{17}{0.28813559322034} = 59$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 17 divided by x gives a result of 59, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{17}{x} = 59$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{17 x}{x} = 59 x$
$\frac{17 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 17$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 17$ (or just $17$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $17 = 59 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 59: $\frac{17}{59} = \frac{59 x}{59}$
Which gives, after simplification: $0.28813559322034 = x$ (or $x = 0.28813559322034$ )

So, if the dividend is 17 and the quotient is 59, the divisor is 0.28813559322034.