The first thing I did was substitute the variables in for x and y. This is the numbers in the answer choices: (x,y). I don't know if there is an easier way to do this, but you can replace the two numbers in for the variables since it's multiple choice.
For example,
A: -2+2*4=6 Isn't right
B: 1+2*-1= -1 Nope
C: (0,0) you can already tell it's not right because anything multiplied by 0 is 0.
