Question: [ Elton s Electronics ] Elton s Electronics sells electronic housewares. Elton is looking for a new supplier to produce the standard - sized switch

[Eltons Electronics] Eltons Electronics sells electronic housewares. Elton is looking for a new supplier to produce the standard-sized switch plate for a best-selling blender. He contacts Porter and provides Porter with specifications for where the switches on the switch plate should be placed. Porter provides excellent pricing and delivery terms, which would save Elton a lot of money. Elton and Porter sign a contract for Porter to produce 10,000 standard-sized switch plates according to Eltons specifications. When the completed switch plates arrive, Eltons employees attach them to the blenders, however, the standard-sized switch plates are two millimeters too long. Elton is furious and calls Porter, who says Elton can send back the switch plates and Porters company can rework them, but there will be a fee because the switch plates he shipped were standard-size switch plates, as specified in the contract. Elton disagrees and hangs up the phone. Eltons technician measures both the switch plates and the blender and discovers that the blender face where the switch plate is attached is two millimeters shorter than the well-known standard-size switch plate. The technician suggests they could shave off two millimeters from Porters boards to make them fit on the blenders, however, it would be a lot of work.
Is Elton likely to be successful in a lawsuit that seeks to void or rescind the contract?
Group of answer choices
Yes, because it was a mistake of fact.
Yes, because both parties were mistaken about what constitutes a standard-size switch plate, and where there was a mutual mistake, either party may choose to rescind the contract.
No, because only Elton, not Porter, was mistaken about what constitutes a standard-size switch plate, and a unilateral mistake generally does not void a contract.
Yes, because a unilateral mistake voids a contract.
No, because courts rarely allow rescission in cases of a mutual mistake.

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