We can solve this in a couple of simple steps. First, since there are 3 adults for every 8 students we add these two numbers together
3+8 = 11
Now we simply divide this number by the total amount of people that went to the trip in order to get how many times this set of adults and students repeats itself.
44 / 11 = 4
Finally, we multiply this number by the set of 3 adults in order to find out how many adults went to the trip.
