Answer:
-- State-A . . . Population = 1 · (1.08)ˣ
-- State-B . . . Population = 2 · (1.08)ˣ
' x ' = number of years after the original population
At the beginning, x=0.
Any quantity raised to the zero power = 1.
At the beginning, when x=0, the original populations were
State-A = 1 · 1 = 1
State-B = 2 · 1 = 2
The original population of State A was half of
the original population of State B.
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