Jose has 9 more comic books than robin. robin has 5 more comic books than lee. if jose has 23 comic books, how many comic books does robin have? how many comic books does lee have?
simple subtraction. to find how many robin has, subtract 9 from 23, which is 14. so robin has 14 comic books. robin has 5 more than lee, so subtract 5 from 14, which is 9. so lee has 9 comic books