What is x when 28 divided by x equals 17?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 28 ÷ 17 = 1.6470588235294

To prove this, let's compute 28 divided by 1.6470588235294: $\frac{28}{1.6470588235294} = 17$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 28 divided by x gives a result of 17, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{28}{x} = 17$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{28 x}{x} = 17 x$
$\frac{28 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 28$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 28$ (or just $28$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $28 = 17 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 17: $\frac{28}{17} = \frac{17 x}{17}$
Which gives, after simplification: $1.6470588235294 = x$ (or $x = 1.6470588235294$ )

So, if the dividend is 28 and the quotient is 17, the divisor is 1.6470588235294.