Ron Operates a Garbage Pickup Business

question 45

Multiple Choice

Ron operates a garbage pickup business.He contracts to pick up garbage from an apartment complex for the next 52 weeks at a price of $50 per week.Unexpectedly,the landfill center where Ron takes the garbage to dispose of it,files for bankruptcy.As a result,Ron must travel an additional 100 miles to the nearest landfill center,turning Ron's expected profit into a loss of $15 per week.Ron's best argument in support of his petition to be discharged from the contract is:

• A) the mail box rule.
• B) commercial impracticability.
• C) frustration of purpose.
• D) true impossibility.

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