Tasmia signed a check payable to the order of Shubha. The check contained an obvious variance between the numbers and the written words. The numbers indicated that the bank should pay $13,000 to the order of Shubha, but the written words indicated the bank should pay "the sum of thirteen hundred dollars." Under these circumstances what amount, if any, should the bank pay to the order of Shubha?
A) $1,300
B) $13,000
C) $6,500
D) $650

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Occasionally, a person may write or receive a check on which the amount written in figures differs from the amount written in words. In cases where words and numbers conflict, the words control the numbers. Hence, in the above mentioned case, the bank should pay $1,300 to the order of Shubha.

Tasmia Signed a Check Payable to the Order of Shubha