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 first. Chain of thought:
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.
Therefore, the answer is 3.