12 times what equals 17?

12 times what equals 17? In other words, what do you multiply by 12 to get 17? If "x" is "what" in the sentence, "12 times what equals 17?", then the equation to solve the problem is as follows:

12 • x = 17

Which can be written as:

12x = 17

To solve the equation above, we need to remove the 12 on the left side to make the x alone. To do that, we divide both sides by 12.

12x/12 = 17/12

12x/12 is x and 17/12 is 1.4167 which means our equation will look like this:

x = 1.4167

Thus, the answer to "12 times what equals 17?" is 1.4167.

To double-check our work, multiply 1.4167 by 12 to see that it equals 17. (Note that our answer on this page is rounded to 4 digits if necessary.)

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