I believe you should try to plug in the ordered pair to see if the solutions work.
The ordered pair is (x,y) because x is on the x-axis and y is on the y-axis, therefore in (16,-3) the x=16 and y=-3.
Now substitute, meaning plug in those numbers into the equation. For x+2y=10 would be 16+2(-3)=10 Now you just need to solve one side and see if it equals the other side. 16+2(-3) First you use order of operations to solve this. PEMDAS. So you multiply 2(-3) first because of the parenthesis and it being multiplication. 16+(-6) and when you have a positive number adding a negative number it’s going backwards of the number line, basically meaning subtraction in a way. Sorry if this confuses you, if you already know how to do negatives and such nevermind this part. But 16+(-6)=10 So now you look at both side of the equation, does the left side equal to the right? 10=10, so yes. It is a solution for that equation.
Now for the next equation, 7y=-21 Again, plug in the ordered pair (16,-3) into the equation. Remember that it’s (x,y). There is no x in this equation so no need to worry about that; you only plug in y for this one. 7(-3) Now you multiply. Whenever you multiply a positive number and a negative number, the answer will always be negative. So 7(-3) is -21. Now look if the left side is equivalent to the right. Does -21=-21? Yes. The ordered pair is a solution.
