NexusTech's EPS Sensitivity to Exchange Rates $($A$).$ NexusTech 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. NexusTech is traded on the NASDAQ. NexusTech currently has $643$ comma $000$ shares outstanding. The basic operating characteristics of the various business units is as$$ follows: LOADING.... NexusTech must pay corporate income tax in each country in which it currently has operations.

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

b$.$ Assume a major political crisis wracks$$ Brazil, first affecting the value of the Brazilian reais$$ and, subsequently, inducing an economic recession within the country. What would be the impact on$$ NexusTech's consolidated EPS if the Brazilian reais were to fall in value to R$ $2\mathrm{.}9096$ divided by $$,$ with all other earnings and exchange rates remaining the$$ same?

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Part $1$

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

Calculate the business performance per country$$ below:$($Round to two decimal places. Round exchange rates to four decimal$$ places.$)$

U$.$S$.$ Parent

Business Performance $(000$s$)$

Company

Earnings before taxes $($local currency$)$

$

Less corporate income taxes

$

Net profits of individual subsidiary

$

Avg exchange rate for the period $($fc$/$$$)$

Net profits of individual subsidiary

$