Americo is a U.S.-based multinational manufacturing firm with wholly owned subsidiaries in Brazil, Germany, and China, in addition to domestic operations in the United States. Americo is traded on the NASDAQ. Americo currently has 658,000 shares outstanding. The basic operating characteristics of the various business units is as follows:

Business Performance (000s)	U.S. Parent (US$)	Brazilian Subsidiary (reais, R$)	German Subsidiary (euros, €)	Chinese Subsidiary (yuan, ¥)
Earnings before taxes (EBT)	$4,500	R$6,250	€4,500	¥2,500
Corporate income tax rate	35%	25%	40%	30%
Average exchange rate for the period	—	R$1.80/$	€0.7018/$	¥7.750/$

Americo Industries’ Consolidate Earnings. Americo must pay corporate income tax in each country in which it currently has operations.

a. After deducting taxes in each country, what are Americo’s consolidated earnings and consolidated earnings per share in U.S. dollars?

b. What proportion of Americo’s consolidated earnings arise from each individual country?

c. What proportion of Americo’s consolidated earnings arise from outside the United States?