You are on the right track. You can test each vertex by calculation. But you can evaluate graphically the optimal point as well. I´ve solved the constraints for $x_b$. Therefore the y-axis is denoted as $x_b$. If I understand you right you are able to draw the constraints into the coordinate system. It follows that the feasible region is the green one.
Let´s denote $z$ as the value of the objective function. Then we have the equality
$z=10x_a+12x_b$
This equality can be solved for $x_b$ as well.
$x_b=\frac{z}{12}-\frac{10}{12}x_a$. Now you set $z$ equal to $0$.
$x_b=-\frac{10}{12}x_a$. That means your objective function has the value $0$. This happens if $x_a=x_b=0$. Thus the line go through the origin with the slope $-\frac{10}{12}$. You need one more point to draw the line, for instance $P_2(3,-2.5)$. Now you have the objective function as a line with the initial level 0. This is the red line.
Then you push the red line right upwards parallel until the line touches the feasible region (green) the $ \texttt{first time}$. The blue lines illustrates the process of moving the line upward.
