A person has to procure an object through series of 9 agents. He agrees to pay 2% of the item cost as commission to first agent. For second agent he agrees to pay 5% more commission than he paid to first, for third agent 5% more than the second and so on. What is the total percentage of commission he paid? (Use 1.095 ≈ 1.55)

• A. 20
• B. 22
• C. 33
• D. 27.5
• E. 25