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Howard downloaded 6 more songs Latham Erin. Lee downloaded 3 more than Howard. Lee downloaded 16 songs. How many songs did Erin downloaded?

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16 songs=Lee
-3 songs=Howard
Howard= 13songs
13 songs =Howard
-6 songs=Erin
Erin= 7 songs
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if Lee downloaded 3 more songs than Howard (16 total songs), that means that Howard downloaded 13 songs (total). If Howard downloaded 13 songs, he downloaded 6 more than Erin. Therefore, you would subtract 6 from 13 to get 7.

Answer: Erin downloaded 7 songs
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