Use reasoning to answer the following question.
Angela is a bike messenger in New York. She needs to deliver 8 times as many packages as meals. If she needs to deliver 27 meals and packages combined, how many meals does she deliver?

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Let p be the number of packages Angela delivers and m be the number of meals.

We know that p + m = 27 and p = 8m.

Substituting the second equation into the first equation, we get 8m + m = 27.

Combining like terms, we get 9m = 27.

Dividing both sides by 9, we get m = 3.

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Thus, the answer is 3