Solve $10x + y =_3 x \wedge 10x+y =_5 y$

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Solve $10x + y =_3 x \wedge 10x+y =_5 y$

Task comes from concrete mathematics.
This is my approach \begin{cases} 10x + y =_3 x \\ 10x+y =_5 y \end{cases}

\begin{cases} 50x + 5y =_{15} 5x \\ 30x+3y =_{15} 3y \end{cases} $$ 80x+8y =_{15} 5x + 3y $$ but I stucked there... how can it be continued?

in book they say that

We want $10x+6y =_{15} 10x+y$ so...

but I don't know how they got this equality.

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If $10x+y\equiv x\pmod 3$ then $y\equiv0\pmod 3$, so $3$ divides $y$ and therefore $5y$.

$5$ also divides $5y$. Therefore $15$ divides $5y,$ so $10x+6y\equiv10x+y\pmod{15}$.