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Bob and Sue sign a contract in which Bob agrees to deliver and install a toilet on May 15th in exchange for Sue’s promise to pay the $500 price on May 15th. The delivery and installation of the toilet and the payment of the price are examples of

Contract duties cannot be assigned, but they can be delegated.

When a party in good faith performs substantially all of the terms of the contract, the other party may not file a lawsuit for damages to compensate for the failure to comply with the contract.

Bob and Sue sign a written contract. Bob claims that the parties later orally agreed to modify it. Any oral modification is likely not enforceable if it falls under

Bob, a famous musician and composer, agrees to give ten piano lessons to Sue in exchange for $1,000. Bob transfers his contract duties to Steve, a less experienced pianist. This probably will be

Any breach allows the non-breaching party to sue for damages.

Bob and Sue sign a written contract. Bob claims that the parties later orally agreed to modify it. Any oral modification is likely not enforceable if it falls under

Any breach allows the non-breaching party to sue for damages.

Bob enters into a contract with Sue in which Sue agrees to tow Bob’s car to Bakersfield. Sue transfers her duty under this contract to Steve. Sue is

Bob offers, in writing, to sell to Sue a certain half acre of land for “$105,000.” After Sue signs the offer in acceptance and returns it, Bob discovers that the price should have been stated at “$150,000.” Bob’s misstatement of the price is