What is x when 25 divided by x equals 17?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 25 ÷ 17 = 1.4705882352941

To prove this, let's compute 25 divided by 1.4705882352941: $\frac{25}{1.4705882352941} = 17$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 25 divided by x gives a result of 17, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{25}{x} = 17$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{25 x}{x} = 17 x$
$\frac{25 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 25$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 25$ (or just $25$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $25 = 17 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 17: $\frac{25}{17} = \frac{17 x}{17}$
Which gives, after simplification: $1.4705882352941 = x$ (or $x = 1.4705882352941$ )

So, if the dividend is 25 and the quotient is 17, the divisor is 1.4705882352941.