Billy watchedb the clown car drive up to the circus and saw 14 clowns get out of one little car the clowns made up 56% of the performers in the circus how may performers were in the circus

0.56x = 14

x = 14 / 0.56

x = 25 performers

To find the total number of performers in the circus, we can set up a proportion using the information given.

Let "x" represent the total number of performers in the circus.

Since the 14 clowns make up 56% of the performers, we can express this as:

14/x = 56/100

To solve for "x", we can cross-multiply and solve for "x":

14 * 100 = 56 * x

1400 = 56x

Divide both sides of the equation by 56:

x = 1400 / 56

Simplifying this further:

x = 25

So, there were 25 performers in the circus.