Larson entered Forrester's Auto Mart to purchase a used car.Larson found a vehicle with a sales price of $11,000.After Forrester answered all of Larson's questions,Forrester and Larson agreed to a sale.As Larson was leaving to get the money to pay for the car,Forrester told Larson that he thought Robert Redford formerly owned the car.Larson later learned that Robert Redford had never owned the car.If Larson seeks to rescind the deal based on Forrester's statement,Larson will
A)win because he relied on the misrepresentation.
B)win because there was a misrepresentation of a material fact.
C)lose because he will not be able to prove reliance on the misrepresentation.
D)lose because Forrester made a unilateral mistake.

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Forrester's statement about the car's previous ownership by Robert Redford is not a material fact essential to the car's value or function, and Larson's decision to purchase likely wasn't based solely on this claim. Rescinding the deal would require proving that the misrepresentation was material and relied upon, which in this context, seems unlikely.

Larson Entered Forrester's Auto Mart to Purchase a Used Car