The City Tunnel and Bridge Authority in a certain city estimates that 40,000 vehicles currently travel over a certain bridge per year but, due to highway construction and changing traffic patterns, vehicles traffic over the bridge will begins to decline by 12% every 5 year. Which of the following expressions best represents the vehicles the traffic projections for this bridge n years from now?

Options

A. `40,000(0.12)^((n)/(5))`
B. `40,000(0.88)^(5n)`
C. `40,000(0.12)^(5n)`
D. `40,000(0.88)^((n)/(5))`

Answer

D