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
Divide both sides by 3 and your equation would now look like: x+2y= 4 Move the x to the other side 2y= -x+4 Seprate the y by dividing both sides by 2 y= x+2