1. The owner of a new restaurant in California had trouble getting customers to comply with the state's smoking ban. The fine for a first violation is $100. A second violation carries a fine of $200, and third and subsequent violations cost $500 each. After a third violation within one year, a representative of California's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is required to investigate complaints. Employers may be cited with fines up to $7,000 for violations classified as general or serious, and fines up to $70,000 for violations classified as willfully serious. Last year, in the first year in operation, the restaurant owner had four violations, plus a violation for a serious offense that may or may not have been willful.
A. What are the minimum and maximum amounts that the owner would have paid in fines?
B. How do these government actions protect consumers?
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1. The owner of a new restaurant in California had trouble getting customers to comply with the state's smoking ban. The fine for a first violation is $100. A second violation carries a fine of $200, and third and subsequent violations cost $500 each. After a third violation within one year, a representative of California's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is required to investigate complaints. Employers may be cited with fines up to $7,000 for violations classified as general or serious, and fines up to $70,000 for violations classified as willfully serious. Last year, in the first year in operation, the restaurant owner had four violations, plus a violation for a serious offense that may or may not have been willful. 
A. What are the minimum and maximum amounts that the owner would have paid in fines?
B. How do these government actions protect consumers?
Help Plzz..!