Bobby Fisher Inc. $($BFI$)$ agreed in writing to purchase $25,000$ plastic pellets from Zero Inc. for use in BFI$$s limited$-$edition chess set. The agreement states the following: FOB Zero Inc., delivery date of no later than $07/31/19,$ payment of $$25,000$ due $2/10$ net $30$ after invoice received, and defective pellets cannot exceed $1\%$ of the total shipped. Due to past dealings, Zero knows that BFI will not tolerate any exceptions to the defective provision and that significant defects will hinder BFI$$s ability to operate and meet all demands.

Assume Zero refused to deliver the pellets, notifying BFI $2$ days before delivery date. It cited increased costs as its justification. Zero knew that BFI needed the pellets for a special order made by Chess Masters of the World, Inc. BFI expected to make a profit of $$15,000$ on the order.

For this question, assume BFI chose not to cover. Market price on $07/29/19$ at Zero$$s location and BFI's location was $$40,000.$ What is BFI$$s measure of damages? Would it be reasonable to award BFI market damages if it could have covered for $$26,000?$ In other words, do you think BFI had a duty to cover? $($show all calculations$)$