Paul goes to a bar, has seven shots of whiskey, and then goes to an electronics store and buys a $2,500 stereo system. If he later wants to avoid the contract based on his intoxication when he bought it, he will need to prove thata.

a reasonable person would have known that he was intoxicated.

b. the store clerk knew he was intoxicated.

c. his capacity to act would be classified as "legally unstable."

d. he lacked the mental capacity to enter into the contract

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Dakota Ellison

Social Studies

13 June, 01:23

Paul goes to a bar, has seven shots of whiskey, and then goes to an electronics store and buys a $2,500 stereo system. If he later wants to avoid the contract based on his intoxication when he bought it, he will need to prove thata.

a reasonable person would have known that he was intoxicated.

b. the store clerk knew he was intoxicated.

c. his capacity to act would be classified as "legally unstable."

d. he lacked the mental capacity to enter into the contract

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Ashly Harmon · Answer 1

d. he lacked the mental capacity to enter into the contract.

Explanation:

If Paul wants to avoid the contract based on his intoxication when he bought it, he will need to prove that he lacked the mental capacity to enter into the contract. Paul, after the seven shots of whiskey, lacked the mental capacity to understand the consequences of his acts. Intoxicated as he was, he lacked the legal ability to enter into the contract.