What is x when 57 divided by x equals 17?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 57 ÷ 17 = 3.3529411764706

To prove this, let's compute 57 divided by 3.3529411764706: $\frac{57}{3.3529411764706} = 17$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 57 divided by x gives a result of 17, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{57}{x} = 17$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{57 x}{x} = 17 x$
$\frac{57 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 57$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 57$ (or just $57$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $57 = 17 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 17: $\frac{57}{17} = \frac{17 x}{17}$
Which gives, after simplification: $3.3529411764706 = x$ (or $x = 3.3529411764706$ )

So, if the dividend is 57 and the quotient is 17, the divisor is 3.3529411764706.