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 $1,000. If the amount of the import tax that the merchant paid was $109.90, what was the total value of the item?	Choose one
A) $ 1940 B) $ 2150 C) $ 2360 D) $ 2570 E) $ 2780

Rationale: let x be the value of the item . 0.07 * ( x - 1000 ) = 109.90 x = 2570 the answer is d .
Answer: D