In the annual car show 40 percent of the cars in the main display area are used cars. Given that 294 cars are used cars, what is the total number of the cars in the show

735 cars

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the total number of cars be x.

Now what we know is that 40% of this x are used cars. Mathematically 40% of x is 294

40/100 * x = 294

40x = 294 * 100

x = 29400/40

x = 29400/40 = 735 cars are there