Americo's EPS Sensitivity to Exchange Rates (A). 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 647.000 shares outstanding. The basic operating characteristics of the various business units are as follows: (Click on the icon to import the table into a spreadsheet.) Business Performance (000s) Earnings before taxes (EBT) Corporate income tax rate Average exchange rate for the period U.S. Parent (US$) $4,420 21% Brazilian Subsidiary (RS) R$6,300 25% R$ 1.8627/$ German Subsidiary (9) 4.440 40% 0.6795/5 Chinese Subsidiary (1) 2,550 30% Y7.7849/$ i rant has onerations Americo must pay corporate income tax in each country in which it currently has operations. a. After deducting taxes in each country, what are America's consolidated earnings and consolidated earnings per share in U.S. dollars? b. Assume a major political crisis wracks Brazil, first affecting the value of the Brazilian reals and subsequently, inducing an economic recession within the country What would be the impact on America's consolidated EPS if the Brazilian reals were to fall in value to R$2.9583/5, with all other earnings and exchange rates remaining the same