A drilling company purchased a mining site for $$720,000$ on July $1,20Y.$ The company expects to mine ore for the next $10$ years and anticipates that a total of $80,000$ tons will be recovered. During $20$Y$9,$ the company extracted $5,800$ tons of ore. The depletion expense for the year $20Y9$ is

a$.$ $$52,200$

b$.$ $$32,625$

c$.$ $$50,500$

d$.$ $$45,000$