Each business day, on average, a company writes checks totaling $18,000 to pay its suppliers. The usual clearing time for the checks is 3 days. Meanwhile, the company is receiving payments from its customers each day, in the form of checks, totaling $26,000. The cash from the payments is available to the firm after 2 days. What is the company's collection float? $ 52,000 $ 54,000 $ 54,000 $ 52,000