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[Steps Shown] AUCTION BUYER’S PREMIUM Usually, when you purchase a lot in an auction, you pay not only your Winning bid price but also a buyer’s premium.

Question: AUCTION BUYER’S PREMIUM Usually, when you purchase a lot in an auction, you pay not only your Winning bid price but also a buyer’s premium. At one auction house, the buyer’s premium is 17.5 % of the winning bid price for purchases up to $50,000. For larger purchases, the buyer’s premium is 17.5% of the first $50,000 plus 10% of the purchase price above $50,000.

  1. Find the total price a buyer pays (bid price plus buyer’s premium) at this auction house for purchases of $1,000, $25,000, and $100,000.
  2. Express the total purchase price of a lot at this auction house as a function of the final (winning) bid price. Sketch the graph of this function.

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