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Millicents is selling old manufacturing equipment. The Plant Manager in charge of selling the equipment knows that the safety mechanism does not work. When a potential buyer asks Millicents' Plant Manager if there are any problems with the equipment, he assures the buyer that there are no problems. The buyer purchases the equipment based on the assurance that there is nothing wrong with it. The buyer may be able to sue Millicents for

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breach of express warranty

Step-by-step explanation:

Since the plant manager expressly assured the buyer that the equipment had no problems and was working properly, if the equipment fails (as it did in the question), this is considered a breach of expressed warranty.

An express warranty is something specific that the seller (plant manager) tells the buyer about the product and how it should work.

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