Ian has 20 football cards, and Jason has 44 baseball cards. They agree to trade such that jason

gives Ian 2 baseball cards for every card Ian gives to Jason. After how many such trades will Ian

and Jason each have an equal number of cards?

12 trades

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's call 'x' the number of trades they will do.

After each trade, the number of cards Ian has increase by 1 (he gives 1 but receives 2), and the number of cards Jason has decrease by 1 (he receives 1 but gives 2), so after x trades, the number of cards Ian has is 20 + x, and Jason has 44 - x.

To find the number of trades when they will have the same amount of cards, we have that:

20 + x = 44 - x

2x = 24

x = 12 trades