2007 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 1

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Isabella's house has $3$ bedrooms. Each bedroom is $12$ feet long, $10$ feet wide, and $8$ feet high. Isabella must paint the walls of all the bedrooms. Doorways and windows, which will not be painted, occupy $60$ square feet in each bedroom. How many square feet of walls must be painted?

$\textbf{(A)}\ 678 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 768 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 786 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 867 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 876$