If two countries start with the same real GDP/person and one country grows at 2 percent while the other grows at 4 percent ?

A. the standard of living in the two countries will converge

B. the standard of living in the country growing at 4 percent will start to accelerate away from the slower growing country due to compound growth

C. Next year the country growing at 4 percent will have twice the GDP/person as the country growing at 2 percent

D. one country will always have 2 percent more real GDP/person than the other

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