For division by 10, 100, 1000 etc... you shift the decimal place to the left for each zero in the divisor. In your example the divisor is 10 and requires you to shift the decimal in the numerator one digit to the left.
1.7 / 10 = 0.17
Had your divisor been 100 you would have shift the decimal place to the left twice.
10 gallons divided by 17 people answer in fractions = 0.5882352941176471
17
To divide by a fraction, you multiply by the reciprocal. In this case, 6/11 divided by 10/17 is the same as 6/11 x 17/10.
1.7
510
10
0.0588
10 gallons divided by 17 people answer in fractions = 0.5882352941176471
10
17
17 10% = one tenth of the total. 170 divided by 10 = 17.
It isn't evenly divisble by 10. If you divided 10 into 17, you'd get 1.7.
To divide by a fraction, you multiply by the reciprocal. In this case, 6/11 divided by 10/17 is the same as 6/11 x 17/10.
1.7
10/17/2 is ambiguous. (10/17)/2 = 10/34 = 0.2941 (approx) while 10/(17/2) = 20/17 = 1.1765 (approx)
510
17 divided by 100 and multiplied by 10