Fact Pattern 10-3
Nano Corporation offers to sell a robotic device to Opal Assembly,Inc. ,but mistakenly transposes some of the digits in the price so that $15,400 appears in the offer as $14,500.Opal accepts the written offer.
-Refer to Fact Pattern 10-3.Opal's best argument in favor of enforcement of the contract is that
A)a bilateral mistake does not afford relief from a contract.
B)a mistake of value does not afford relief from a contract.
C)a unilateral mistake does not afford relief from a contract.
D)the price was below the prices of comparable devices.

Question

Fact Pattern 10-3 
Nano Corporation offers to sell a robotic device to Opal Assembly,Inc. ,but mistakenly transposes some of the digits in the price so that $15,400 appears in the offer as $14,500.Opal accepts the written offer.
-Refer to Fact Pattern 10-3.Opal's best argument in favor of enforcement of the contract is that
A)a bilateral mistake does not afford relief from a contract.
B)a mistake of value does not afford relief from a contract.
C)a unilateral mistake does not afford relief from a contract.
D)the price was below the prices of comparable devices.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Opal's best argument in favor of enforcement of the contract is that a unilateral mistake does not afford relief from a contract. In this case, Nano Corporation made a mistake in transposing digits in the price. As the mistake was made only by Nano Corporation, it is a unilateral mistake, which does not provide Opal the right to cancel or avoid the contract.