Suppose a paint that is 15% gloss is mixed with a paint that is 30%...

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Suppose a paint that is 15% gloss is mixed with a paint that is 30% gloss to make 5 gallons of a paint that is 20% gloss. How many gallons of each paint were used in the mixture? One must set a system of equations and use substitution or elimination to solve.

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