What is x when 54 divided by x equals 17?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 54 ÷ 17 = 3.1764705882353

To prove this, let's compute 54 divided by 3.1764705882353: $\frac{54}{3.1764705882353} = 17$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 54 divided by x gives a result of 17, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{54}{x} = 17$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{54 x}{x} = 17 x$
$\frac{54 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 54$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 54$ (or just $54$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $54 = 17 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 17: $\frac{54}{17} = \frac{17 x}{17}$
Which gives, after simplification: $3.1764705882353 = x$ (or $x = 3.1764705882353$ )

So, if the dividend is 54 and the quotient is 17, the divisor is 3.1764705882353.