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Price of Cell Phone Plan

Source: AMC 10 2011 a Problem 1

June 25, 2011
AMC

Problem Statement

A cell phone plan costs $20\$20 each month, plus 55¢ per text message sent, plus 10¢ for each minute used over 3030 hours. In January Michelle sent 100100 text messages and talked for 30.530.5 hours. How much did she have to pay?
<spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span>$24.00<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span>$24.50<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span>$25.50<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span>$28.00<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span>$30.00 <span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span>\$ 24.00\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span>\$ 24.50\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span>\$25.50\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span>\$28.00\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span>\$30.00