When a merchant imported a certain item, he paid a 9 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 $67.50, what was the total value of the item?	Select the correct option
A) $1,150	B) $1,450	C) $1,750	D) $2,150	E) $2,450
Let x be the value in excess of $1,000.   0.09x = 67.5   x = $750   The total value was $750 + $1,000 = $1,750.   The answer is $1,750.
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When a merchant imported a certain item, he paid a 9 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 $67.50, what was the total value of the item?