The number would be 1/17 (one seventeenth).
1/17
If three is subtracted from the product to get 17, the product must be 20. Then find what number can be multiplied by 5 to get 20. The answer is 4.
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34 multiplied by 17 is 578.
17 multiplied by 309 is 5,253.
183 multiplied by 17 is 3,111.
809 multiplied by 17 is 13,753.
390 multiplied by 17 is 6,630.
17 multiplied by 5 is 85.
Yes. 17 x 19 = 323. An odd number multiplied by an odd number is an odd number.
In algebra the number to be multiplied by 17 would be represented by a letter - perhaps, a or l or z. In this example let the number be represented by n. Then the product of n and 17 is shown as 17 x n or 17n. Equally the product can be shown with the parts in the reverse order, n x 17 or n17.
Suppose the number is n. Then 3n + 2 = 17 Subtracting 2 from both sides: 3n = 15 Dividing both sides by 3 : n = 5