If you substitute the values x = 0 and y = −5 into the second equation, you get a false statement: 2(−5) − 10 = 2(0). To solve this system, try rewriting the first equation as x = 2y − 8. Then substitute 2y − 8 in for x in the second equation, and solve for y. The correct answer is x = −2, y = 3.
