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To get ready for a field trip, students and adults were put into groups. For every 8 students in a group, there were 3 adults. In total, in all the groups, there were 48 students. How many adults were also on the field trip?

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18!

Explanation:

Divide the number of students (48) by 8 to find the number of groups and get 6 if there are 6 groups of 8 and 3 adults with every 8 students then multiply 6 by 3 and receive an 18!!

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16 adults were there
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