You need to work out what an eight of 24 is:
\frac{1}{8} * \frac{24}{1}= \frac{24}{8} = \frac{3}{1}
Then you simply multiply 3 by 3 (as it is three eights not one) to get 9, so your answer is 9.[tex] \frac{1}{8} * \frac{24}{1}
= \frac{24}{8} = \frac{3}{1} [/tex]