A Wholesaler of Coffee Notifies a Retailer That It Cannot

question 20

True/False

A wholesaler of coffee notifies a retailer that it cannot fulfill its contractual obligation to deliver 1,000 pounds of coffee at the agreed upon price of $2.00 per pound next month because of recent price increases in coffee.The retailer may treat the wholesaler as having breached the contract and sue for damages even though the wholesaler's performance is not due until next month.

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Definitions:

Atlantis

A mythical island nation mentioned in Plato's works, "Timaeus" and "Critias," as a powerful and advanced civilization that purportedly sank into the ocean in a single day and night of misfortune.

Fallacy

An error in reasoning or argumentation that leads to a conclusion being invalid or deceptive, often due to a flaw in the structure of the argument.

Equivocation

The misleading use of a term with more than one meaning or sense, causing a fallacy in argumentation due to ambiguous language.

Appeal to Ignorance

A logical fallacy in which it is claimed that a proposition is true because it has not yet been proven false, or vice versa.