Question

billy wached the clown car drive up to the circus and saw 14 clowns get out of one little car.the clowns made up 56% pecent of the performers in the circus. how many performers were in the circus

Answer 1

56/100 x n = 14
Where n = total number of performers
n = 25

Answer 2

The correct answer for your question is 25.

There are totally twenty five clowns in the circus.  

Your question:

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% of the performers in the circus. How many performers were in the circus?

Solution:

56%/100 × n = 14

N = 25.