What is x when 8 divided by x equals 17?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 8 ÷ 17 = 0.47058823529412

To prove this, let's compute 8 divided by 0.47058823529412: $\frac{8}{0.47058823529412} = 17$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 8 divided by x gives a result of 17, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{8}{x} = 17$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{8 x}{x} = 17 x$
$\frac{8 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 8$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 8$ (or just $8$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $8 = 17 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 17: $\frac{8}{17} = \frac{17 x}{17}$
Which gives, after simplification: $0.47058823529412 = x$ (or $x = 0.47058823529412$ )

So, if the dividend is 8 and the quotient is 17, the divisor is 0.47058823529412.