What is x when 5 divided by x equals 17?

In other words, what would the divisor be if the dividend were 5 and the quotient 17?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 5 ÷ 17 = 0.29411764705882

To prove this, let's compute 5 divided by 0.29411764705882: 5 0.29411764705882 = 17

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 5 divided by x gives a result of 17, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

5 x = 17

  1. Multiply both sides by x: 5 x x = 17 x
  2. 5 x x is equivalent to x x × 5 , which simplifies to 1 × 5 (or just 5 ).
  3. Thus, the equation becomes: 5 = 17 x
  4. To find x, divide both sides by 17: 5 17 = 17 x 17
  5. Which gives, after simplification: 0.29411764705882 = x (or x = 0.29411764705882 )

So, if the dividend is 5 and the quotient is 17, the divisor is 0.29411764705882.