Problema Solution
Billy watched the clown car drive up to the circus and saw 14 clowns get out of one little car. The clowns made up 56 percent of the performers in the circus. How many performers were in the circus?
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Let 'x' represent the number of performers in the circus.
56% of x is 14
0.56x = 14
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x = 25 performers
There were 25 performers in the circus.