Copper Conduit,Inc

Multiple Choice

Copper Conduit,Inc.,and Dependable Electric Company sign an agree-ment that provides for the payment of "$1,000 by whichever party commits a material breach of the contract that creates damages difficult to esti-mate but approximately $1,000." This is

A) a liquidated damages clause.
B) a mitigation-of-damages clause.
C) a waiver-of-breach clause.
D) a penalty clause.