(a) That's right. 

You were asked to select the correct statement.

It is correct to say that consequential losses are those that arise indirectly from a breach of contract but damages can be claimed only if it can objectively be supposed that the parties would have thought about such losses when they contracted.

It is incorrect to say that consequential losses are those that arise directly from a breach of contract and that damages can be claimed for such losses regardless of whether they were thought about by the parties when they contracted.

It is incorrect to say that consequential losses are those that arise indirectly from a breach of contract but damages can be claimed only if it can reasonably be supposed that the parties actually thought about such losses when they contracted.

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