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AMC 10B/12B 2025 (Problem 19/15)

A container has a 1×11\times1 square bottom, a 3×33\times3 open square top, and four congruent trapezoidal sides, as shown. Starting when the container is empty, a hose that runs water at a constant rate takes 3535 minutes to fill the container up to the midline of the trapezoids. How many more minutes will it take to fill the remainder of the container?
Container with a 1 by 1 square bottom and a 3 by 3 open square top
(A)  70\text{(A)}\;70(B)  85\text{(B)}\;85(C)  90\text{(C)}\;90(D)  95\text{(D)}\;95(E)  105\text{(E)}\;105