Weber Company purchased a mining site for $$680,029$ on July $1.$ The company expects to mine ore for the next $10$ years and anticipates that a total of $97,050$ tons will be recovered. During the first year, the company extracted $4,776$ tons of ore. The depletion expense is

a$.$ $$63,388\mathrm{.}40$

b$.$ $$46,145\mathrm{.}00$

c$.$ $$33,479\mathrm{.}76$

d$.$ $$31,194\mathrm{.}54$