Answer:
16 years
Explanation:
ictionopolis has a real GDP per capita of $5,000, which is growing at 10% per year. Sitara has a real GDP per capita of $10,000, which is growing at 5% per year. Real GDP per capita for the two nations will converge in about sixteen years.
Year Ictionopolis Sitara
1 5000 10000
2 5500 10500
3 6050 11025
4 6655 11576.25
5 7320.5 12155.062
6 8052.55 12762.81
7 8857.80 13400.95
8 9743.55 14071.00
9 10717.94 14774.55
10 11789.73 15513.28
11 12968.71 16288.94
12 14265.58 17103.39
13 15692.14 17958.56
14 17261.35 18856.49
15 18987.49 19799.31
16 20886.24 20789.28