The guessing strategy only works when you don’t u don’t understand a question so I advise you NOT to do it , only when it’s necessary but the Estimation strategy works when you don’t have a any but a answer where theirs decimals or a answer that is close to one another and can be rounded
Twice x = 2x so the entire statement is
2x = 5
Simplest method: elimination.
Subtract the first equation from the second one.
(2a+b=-33)-(a+b=-10) gets you to a=-23.
Now plug that in for a and solve.
-23 +b=-10
b=13