Architect LLC enters into a contract with Barn & Silo Inc. to provide designs for a certain number of farm buildings. Architect provides fewer than half of the designs by the time specified in the contract because the firm is busy with other projects. Architect's performance is most likely
A)a material breach.
B)a minor breach.
C)a reasonable breach.
D)no breach.

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A material breach occurs when a party fails to perform a contract's major element, significantly harming the other party. Here, Architect LLC's failure to deliver more than half of the designs as agreed significantly undermines the contract's purpose, constituting a material breach.

Architect LLC Enters into a Contract with Barn & Silo