Blue Rorschach Inc. has an immediate requirement for 80 laptops and contracts with Zenzo Electronics for 80 Dell laptops at $550 each. However, Zenzo Electronics breaches the contract and fails to deliver the laptops. Blue Rorschach then immediately contracts Dell Computers, buys 100 laptops at $600 per laptop and then sues Zenzo Electronics for the breach of contract. What legal right to remedy did Blue Rorschach exercise when contracting Dell Computers and suing Zenzo for failure of delivery of goods?
A) right to replevy goods
B) right to cover
C) right to recover damages for accepted nonconforming goods
D) right to obtain specific performance

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Blue Rorschach exercised the right to cover, which is the right of a buyer to purchase substitute goods after a breach of contract by the seller. By contracting with Dell Computers for 100 laptops, Blue Rorschach covered its need for the 80 laptops that Zenzo Electronics had failed to deliver. Additionally, by suing Zenzo for breach of contract, Blue Rorschach seeks to recover the difference in price between the contract with Zenzo and the cost of covering with Dell Computers.