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in class Mrs. Mcory started with 350 pieces of bubble gum if she now only has 105 piece by what percent did her bubble gum stash change

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we need to find a value which multiplied by 350, give us 105. We can express this in an equation:


350x=105\Rightarrow x=(105)/(350)=0.3

then it changes in 100x0.3= 30 percent

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