18. From California to New York, legislative bodies across the United States are considering eliminating or reducing
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18. From California to New York, legislative bodies across the United States are considering eliminating or reducing the surcharges that banks impose on noncustomers who make $10 million in withdrawals from other banks’ATM machines. On average, noncustomers earn a wage of $20 per hour and pay ATM fees of $2.75 per transaction. It is estimated that banks would be willing to maintain services for 4 million transactions at $0.75 per transaction, while noncustomers would attempt to conduct 16 million transactions at that price.
Estimates suggest that, for every 1 million gap between the desired and available transactions, a typical consumer will have to spend an extra minute traveling to another machine to withdraw cash. Based on this information, use a graph to carefully illustrate the impact of legislation that would place a $0.75 cap on the fees banks can charge for noncustomer transactions.
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