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 ?
let x be the value of the item . 0.07 * ( x - 1000 ) = 109.90 x = 2570 the answer is d .
add(const_1000, divide(109.9, divide(7, const_100)))