The reasonable person test refers to
A. A test for setting the amount of damages
B. A standard for determining guilt in a criminal case
C. A standard for determining whether a party has breached a contract
D. A standard of care in a negligence action
E. None of the above
Question 2
Fred sends Opal a notice telling her that he will sell her a brand-new RV for 300,000. Opal misreads the notice and believe that the price is 30,000. She immediately accepts the offer. Is there a contract?
A) No, because Opal is bound by her word despite her subjective misunderstanding of the price.
B) Yes, because any reasonable person would have known that Opal misunderstood the price.
C) No, because the RV is worth much more than 30,000.
D) Yes, because Fred is bound by what Opal thought he wrote, not what he actually wrote.
