What is x when 20 divided by x equals 17?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 20 ÷ 17 = 1.1764705882353

To prove this, let's compute 20 divided by 1.1764705882353: $\frac{20}{1.1764705882353} = 17$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 20 divided by x gives a result of 17, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{20}{x} = 17$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{20 x}{x} = 17 x$
$\frac{20 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 20$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 20$ (or just $20$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $20 = 17 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 17: $\frac{20}{17} = \frac{17 x}{17}$
Which gives, after simplification: $1.1764705882353 = x$ (or $x = 1.1764705882353$ )

So, if the dividend is 20 and the quotient is 17, the divisor is 1.1764705882353.