Try it Editor: Using width, max-width and margin: auto

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
div.ex1 {
    width:500px;
    margin: auto;
    border: 3px solid #73AD21;
}

div.ex2 {
    max-width:500px;
    margin: auto;
    border: 3px solid #73AD21;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<div class="ex1">This div element has width: 500px;</div>
<br>

<div class="ex2">This div element has max-width of 500px; you can see the text does not show in one line but two lines.
 because the width is fixed</div>

<p><strong>Tip:</strong> Drag the browser window to smaller than 500px wide, to see the difference between 
the two divs!</p>

</body>
</html>

Result :