when a merchant imported a certain item, she paid a 7 percent import tax on the portion of the total value of the item in excess of $ 1000. if the amount of the import tax that the merchant paid was $ 109.90, what was the total value of the item?
Answers:
A) $ 1940	B) $ 2150	C) $ 2360	D) $ 2570	E) $ 2780
<gadget id="calculator">7 / 100</gadget>
<output>7/100 = around 0.07</output>

<gadget id="calculator">109.9 / (7/100)</gadget>
<output>1_570</output>

<gadget id="calculator">1_000 + 1_570</gadget>
<output>2_570</output>

<result>D</result>
when a merchant imported a certain item, she paid a 7 percent import tax on the portion of the total value of the item in excess of $ 1000. if the amount of the import tax that the merchant paid was $ 109.90, what was the total value of the item?
add(1000, divide(109.9, divide(7, const_100)))
let x be the value of the item . 0.07 * ( x - 1000 ) = 109.90 x = 2570 the answer is d .