17 times what equals 40?

17 times what equals 40? In other words, what do you multiply by 17 to get 40? If "x" is "what" in the sentence, "17 times what equals 40?", then the equation to solve the problem is as follows:

17 • x = 40

Which can be written as:

17x = 40

To solve the equation above, we need to remove the 17 on the left side to make the x alone. To do that, we divide both sides by 17.

17x/17 = 40/17

17x/17 is x and 40/17 is 2.3529 which means our equation will look like this:

x = 2.3529

Thus, the answer to "17 times what equals 40?" is 2.3529.

To double-check our work, multiply 2.3529 by 17 to see that it equals 40. (Note that our answer on this page is rounded to 4 digits if necessary.)

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