Is the code meant to charge the same fine for each day the book is late?

Question

By adding a multiplier for 'days late', this seems to be set up to charge $.10 the first day, $.20 the 2nd day, $.30 the 3rd day, and so on. By 'daily fine' I understood the code to be a little simpler, like this:

chargeFines() {
    const now = new Date();

    const latePatrons = this.patrons.filter(patron => 
        (patron.currentBook !== null && patron.currentBook.dueDate < now)
    );

    for (let patron of latePatrons) {
        patron.balance += this.dailyFine;
    }
}

This adds a $.10 daily fine to the patron's balance until the book is returned. This is a small detail, but just including in case anyone else read the problem this way.

Answer 1 · 2019-11-16T01:17:20Z

November 16, 2019 1:17am

The instructions specify:

dailyFine ... charged to each Patron for every day their checked out book is overdue

So there is a fine for each day which is why the multiplier is used.

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