To determine how many more towels you can store in the small bank, we need to find out the total capacity of the small bank.
You mentioned that a large bank can hold 44,000 towels, and the small bank holds 3/4 of that volume:
\[ \text{Capacity of the small bank} = \frac{3}{4} \times 44,000 = 33,000 \text{ towels} \]
You have already put 17 towels in the small bank, so we subtract that from its total capacity to find out how many more towels can be added:
\[ \text{Remaining capacity} = 33,000 - 17 = 32,983 \text{ towels} \]
Therefore, you can store 32,983 more towels in the small bank.