Genovese Contracting,Inc.,agrees to build a warehouse for Hawthorne Distributors.Genovese runs into the types of difficulties that contrac-tors ordinarily confront,and Hawthorne agrees to pay extra compensation to over-come them. Regarding the agreement to pay more,a court would likely
A)enforce it.
B)rescind it.
C)order the parties to renegotiate it.
D)not enforce it.

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The court would likely not enforce the agreement to pay more because the difficulties encountered are ordinary and expected in the course of construction, and thus do not constitute a valid reason for modifying the contract without additional consideration.