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I need help trying to figure out how to appreciate percentage change (item b below) not just the answer, please. I need to learn how to do this:)

Americo's Earnings and the Fall of the Dollar. 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 650,000 shares outstanding. The basic operating characteristics of the various business units is 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$) $4,480 35% Brazilian Subsidiary (R$) R$6,270 25% R$ 1.896/$ German Subsidiary () 4,460 40% 0.6632/$ Chinese Subsidiary () 2,580 30% 7.7273/$ 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? The dollar han nun nad nianificant manna in vakia aninot ment of the warlda aurra . b. What would be the impact on Americo's consolidated EPS if all foreign currencies were to appreciate 21% against the U.S. dollar? Calculate the business performance per country below: (Round to two decimal places. Round exchange rates to four decimal places.)