If the difference between the reciprocal of a positive proper fraction and fraction itself be $$\frac{{17}}{{72}}$$ , then the fraction is -

$$\eqalign{ & {\text{By option }}\frac{8}{9},{\text{ }} \cr & {\text{Proper fraction = }}\frac{8}{9} \cr & {\text{Its reciprocal = }}\frac{9}{8} \cr & {\text{According to question}} \cr & = \frac{9}{8} - \frac{8}{9} \cr & = \frac{{81 - 64}}{{72}} \cr & = \frac{{17}}{{72}}{\text{ satisfied}} \cr} $$