What is x when 89 divided by x equals 17?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 89 ÷ 17 = 5.2352941176471

To prove this, let's compute 89 divided by 5.2352941176471: $\frac{89}{5.2352941176471} = 17$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 89 divided by x gives a result of 17, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{89}{x} = 17$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{89 x}{x} = 17 x$
$\frac{89 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 89$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 89$ (or just $89$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $89 = 17 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 17: $\frac{89}{17} = \frac{17 x}{17}$
Which gives, after simplification: $5.2352941176471 = x$ (or $x = 5.2352941176471$ )

So, if the dividend is 89 and the quotient is 17, the divisor is 5.2352941176471.