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Partial Completion Creates Partial Contract Price

This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”

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  • Contracts1

Example wrong choices

  • 20345_prayer_room_pavilion_restitution · CONTRACTS · Choice A25 percent of $72,000 ($18,000).

    Why it's attractive

    The contract pays at 50 percent, not 25 percent, and the call asks for Stephen's recovery after destruction.

    Why it's wrong

    The contract pays at 50 percent, not 25 percent, and the call asks for Stephen's recovery after destruction.

  • 20345_prayer_room_pavilion_restitution · CONTRACTS · Choice CThe difference between $72,000 and the lower price Lydia paid to have the pavilion built by another carpenter.

    Why it's attractive

    Lydia's lower replacement price is not a benefit Stephen can claim.

    Why it's wrong

    Lydia's lower replacement price is not a benefit Stephen can claim.

  • 20345_prayer_room_pavilion_restitution · CONTRACTS · Choice DThe reasonable value of Stephen's work before the pavilion was destroyed by the windstorm and fire.

    Why it's attractive

    The answer measures Stephen's work, but the taught anchor asks what Lydia retained.

    Why it's wrong

    The answer measures Stephen's work, but the taught anchor asks what Lydia retained.

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