What Divided By 18 Equals 17

Solving What Divided by 18 Equals 17

Here’s how you would set up this question as an equation:

$\frac{x}{18}=17$

The goal of the problem is to solve for $x$. To do this we need to change the equation so that $x$ is alone on one side of the equation. In this case, we can do that by multiplying both sides of the equation by $18$, resulting in this equation:

$x = 17 \times 18$

Then we simplify and find our answer:

$x = 306$

So, the answer to the question “What divided by $18$ equals $17$?” is $306$. To prove this, we can take the original problem:

$\frac{x}{18} = 17$

And insert $306$ in the place of $x$:

$\frac{306}{18} = 17$

Because this is true, the answer must be correct.

The following animation demonstrates the divide-by,