What is x when 60 divided by x equals 17?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 60 ÷ 17 = 3.5294117647059

To prove this, let's compute 60 divided by 3.5294117647059: $\frac{60}{3.5294117647059} = 17$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 60 divided by x gives a result of 17, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{60}{x} = 17$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{60 x}{x} = 17 x$
$\frac{60 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 60$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 60$ (or just $60$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $60 = 17 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 17: $\frac{60}{17} = \frac{17 x}{17}$
Which gives, after simplification: $3.5294117647059 = x$ (or $x = 3.5294117647059$ )

So, if the dividend is 60 and the quotient is 17, the divisor is 3.5294117647059.