When Gordon Told Hanson That He Was Considering Selling His

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Essay

When Gordon told Hanson that he was considering selling his house, Hanson offered to buy it. Gordon and Hanson entered into a contract in which Hanson paid Gordon $1,000 in cash for the right to buy Gordon's house for $150,000 in the event Gordon decided to sell it. Two weeks later, Jones offered Gordon $200,000 for his house, and Gordon agreed to sell it to her for that amount. Hanson sued Gordon to force Gordon to sell the house to him for $150,000, rather than to Jones for $200,000. Identify the probable result of the action. What type of contract, if any, was entered into between Gordon and Hanson?

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Definitions:

Supply

The total amount of a specific good or service that is available to consumers at current prices.

Supply Curve

A graphical representation showing the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity of the good that suppliers are willing to sell.

Inelastic

Describing a situation in which the demand or supply of a good or service is relatively unresponsive to changes in price.

Demand

The amount of a product or service that customers can and are willing to buy at different price levels over a specified time.