What is x when 73 divided by x equals 17?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 73 ÷ 17 = 4.2941176470588

To prove this, let's compute 73 divided by 4.2941176470588: $\frac{73}{4.2941176470588} = 17$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 73 divided by x gives a result of 17, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{73}{x} = 17$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{73 x}{x} = 17 x$
$\frac{73 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 73$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 73$ (or just $73$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $73 = 17 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 17: $\frac{73}{17} = \frac{17 x}{17}$
Which gives, after simplification: $4.2941176470588 = x$ (or $x = 4.2941176470588$ )

So, if the dividend is 73 and the quotient is 17, the divisor is 4.2941176470588.