Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Problem: when a merchant imported a certain item, he 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 $ 94.50, what was the total value of the item ?
Options: a. $ 2,350, b. $ 2,850, c. $ 3,250, d. $ 3,400, e. $ 3,750
Output (English): a