A company plans to transition to IPv6.

The IPv4 network 172.16.10.0/24 maps to 2001:db8:abcd::ac10:a00/120 when the IPv4 address is placed into the lowest significant bits of the IPv6 address. The calculation converts each IPv4 octet into hexadecimal: 172 is AC, 16 is 10, 10 is 0A, and 0 is 00. Combining those bytes gives AC10:0A00, displayed in IPv6 notation as ac10:a00. Because a /24 IPv4 network has 8 host bits, the mapped IPv6 network leaves the same 8 host bits, resulting in a /120 IPv6 prefix. Option B incorrectly places decimal IPv4 octets into separate IPv6 hextets and uses /96, which represents a much larger mapping block than the /24 network. Option C does not represent 172.16.10.0 in hexadecimal. Option D changes the higher-order IPv6 prefix and does not match the supplied address plan. The correct address therefore preserves the planned IPv6 prefix and embeds the IPv4 network in the low-order bits. Reference topics: IPv4-to-IPv6 address mapping, hexadecimal conversion, IPv6 prefix length, migration addressing plans.