William buys a car from July for R35 000. One week later, as William is driving on the freeway; the car makes a loud crunching noise and comes to a halt. William is unableto get the car going again and has to have the car towed to a service station. The towing cost is R1 500. There he is told that the gearbox has seized. It appears thatproblems with the gearbox existed even before William bought the car but that July was unaware of this. Had William known of the defect, he would never have bought the car. What remedy does William have?

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William may keep the car and claim R35 000 from July.

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William may declare the contract void because of July's misrepresentation.

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William may claim R36 500 from July on returning the car to July.

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William has no remedy because July did not know of the defect.

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