Answer:
$1,173,226,826
Step-by-step explanation:
The estimate of the increase in dollars earnings is the difference between this year's earnings and last year's earnings. In other words, the increase in earnings is the excess of current year's earnings over last year's earnings as computed below:
increase in earnings=this year's earnings-last year's earnings
this year's earnings=$3,632,859,678
last year's earnings=$2,459,632,852
increase in earnings=$3,632,859,678-$2,459,632,852
increase in earnings=$ 1,173,226,826
