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? Let's think step by step and output the final answer after "####".
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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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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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