Polycom Systems earned $$574$ million last year and paid out $24$ percent of earnings in dividends.

a$.$ By how much did the company's retained earnings increase?

Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answer in dollars, not millions $($e$.$g$.,$ $$1,234,000).$

Addition to retained earnings

b$.$ With $100$ million shares outstanding and a stock price of $$117,$ what was the dividend yield? $($Hint: First compute dividends per share.$)$ Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answer as a percent rounded to $2$ decimal places.

Dividend yield

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