A Police Officer Has Reasonable Suspicion to Believe a Man

A police officer has reasonable suspicion to believe a man approaching his car is involved in criminal activity and is armed. The officer draws his gun and has the man to stop about 15 feet from the man's car. The officer conducts a quick pat-down search of the man's outer clothing and finds nothing. With his gun still out of its holster, the officer asks the man for consent to search the car. The man consents. how will the court most likely deem the search?

A) validate the search because the man provided valid consent.
B) validate the search owing to exigent circumstances.
C) invalidate the search as non-consensual.
D) invalidate the search because the man has no authority to provide consent.