Andria was invited to a gala dinner and wanted to buy an expensive dress so she visited Marian, a well-known fashiondesigner. They entered into a contract for the acquisition of the for a total price of 2000 dollars. After finishing with thedress, Marian received a call from Andria saying that she no longer needed the dress because the dinner party wascancelled. Marian already paid for 1500 dollars on fabric and immediately started an action against Andria forbreach of contract. However, two weeks before the court hearing, Marian sold the dress for the same amount of moneywhich she would have receive from Andria.REQUIRED:State the purposes of awarding damages for breach of contractState the duty to mitigate lossState the level of damages Marian can claim for breach of contract

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