Oceanic Vessels, Inc. and Pacific Harbor Company enter into a contract for a sale of a boat. Oceanic is a merchant who deals in goods of the kind sold. The goods are defective. Under the UCC, the implied warranty of merchantability is breached
a. only if Oceanic did not know about and could not have discovered the defect.
b. only if Oceanic did not know about the defect.
c. only if Oceanic knew about or could have discovered the defect.
d. regardless of what Oceanic knew or could have discovered.

d.regardless of what Oceanic knew or could have discovered

Explanation:

Under contract law, the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) governs commercial contractual transaction such as involving goods and tangible objects (such as a purchase of a car). Under the UCC, the implied warranty of merchantability, which denote presumed assurances for goods sold, is breached even if Oceanic didn't know about the bad state of the boat sold to Pacific harbor Company. This is because there is implied warranty under this type of transaction and oceanic did not expressly state or make a disclaimer as to the state of the goods and if it should be taken "as it is"

the two sets of lines are :

if interdependence implies a two-way dependence, and if each partner is equally dependent on the other for success, then there is an equal commitment to the making the partnership successful. the advantage is sustainability of the relationship, the disadvantage is that decisions are "democratic" and therefore may take longer to reach and more likely to be a compromise (which is not always the best solution). as the interdependence moves away from equality, the decisions become more influenced by the more independent partner. in the extreme the relationship becomes more dictatorial and more like "master-slave". generally the relationship has less commitment in both directions and is more likely to be temporary.

if one generalizes (and one shouldn't), equity partnerships, which is probably what is implied by interdependence, can be slow to progress or change but durable. the extreme alternative, independent-dependent partnerships tend to be efficient but more fragile.

hope this but you will have to site your own evidence. : )