
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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Alicia now earns $25 per hour, and the local taxes are recalculated as follows: a basic tax of $1\%$ of her hourly wage plus an additional $0.75\%$ of the amount exceeding $20 per hour. How many cents per hour of Alicia's wages are now used to pay local taxes?
A) 28.25 cents
B) 28.50 cents
C) 28.75 cents
D) 29.00 cents
E) 30.00 cents

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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