60 times what equals 17?

60 times what equals 17? In other words, what do you multiply by 60 to get 17? If "x" is "what" in the sentence, "60 times what equals 17?", then the equation to solve the problem is as follows:

60 • x = 17

Which can be written as:

60x = 17

To solve the equation above, we need to remove the 60 on the left side to make the x alone. To do that, we divide both sides by 60.

60x/60 = 17/60

60x/60 is x and 17/60 is 0.2833 which means our equation will look like this:

x = 0.2833

Thus, the answer to "60 times what equals 17?" is 0.2833.

To double-check our work, multiply 0.2833 by 60 to see that it equals 17. (Note that our answer on this page is rounded to 4 digits if necessary.)

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