Question

Aden said to Tasia "I'm offering to sell my HP laptop computer to you for $400." Tasia quickly replied "you've got a deal – I'll take it!" Before accepting Tasia's payment, Aden said to Tasia "on second thought, I'm going to keep it-it's good enough to last me a couple more semesters." Tasia said "but we agreed- you've got to sell it to me." Aden, however, refused to accept Tasia's money and sell the laptop to her. If Tasia sued Aden for breach of contract between Aden and Tasia, Tasia would most likely Question 28 options: Lose because there was no consideration to form a contract between Aden and Tasia Lose because neither Aden nor Tasia had given up anything-Aden still had his computer and Tasia still had her money Win because Aden could not revoke his offer to sell after Tasia had accepted it Choices (a) and (b) are both correct

Answer 1

If Tasia sued Aden for breach of contract after accepting his offer to sell his laptop, she would likely win because a contract was formed when she accepted Aden's offer and provided consideration, even though Aden changed his mind afterward.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question relates to whether Tasia would win if she sued Aden for breach of contract after Aden offered to sell his laptop to Tasia for $400, which Tasia accepted, and then Aden changed his mind. In law, a contract is formed when there is an offer, acceptance, and consideration. In this case, Aden's offer and Tasia's acceptance created a mutual agreement. The consideration is the thing of value that is being exchanged, which in this case would be Tasia's $400 and Aden's HP laptop.

Consideration does not require the actual exchange to have taken place at the time of contracting; it only requires that the party agree to do so. Therefore, Tasia did provide consideration by agreeing to pay $400, just as Aden provided consideration by agreeing to sell his laptop for that amount. Once Tasia accepted the offer, a binding contract was presumably formed, and Aden cannot revoke his offer. However, if specific terms of the sale were not finalized or if Tasia was underage or lacked capacity, there could be reasons why the contract wouldn't be enforceable. Absent such issues, Tasia would most likely win the case based on Aden's breach of a validly formed contract.