A packet from a company's branch office is destined to host 172.31.0.1 at headquarters. The sending router has three possible matches in its routing table for the packet: prefixes 172.31.0.0/16, 172.31.0.0/24, and 172.31.0.0/25. How does the router handle the packet?

A. It sends the traffic via prefix 172.31.0.0/24.
B. It sends the traffic via prefix 172.31.0.0/16.
C. It sends the traffic via prefix 172.31.0.0/25.
D. It sends the traffic via the default gateway 0.0.0.0/0.