Genovese Contracting,Inc.,agrees to build a warehouse for Hawthorne Wholesale Distributors.When Genovese runs into the types of difficulties that contractors ordinarily confront,Hawthorne agrees to pay extra compensation to overcome them.Regarding the agreement to pay more,a court would likely
A)enforce it.
B)rescind it.
C)order the parties to renegotiate it.
D)not enforce it.

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A court would likely not enforce the agreement to pay more because the difficulties faced by Genovese are ordinary and expected in the course of construction. The original contract likely already accounted for such risks, and additional compensation for expected difficulties typically lacks consideration, making the modification unenforceable.