Trucks & Trailers, Inc. (T&T), and United Express Service enter into a contract for a lease of trucks. T&T is a merchant who deals in goods of the kind leased. Under the UCC, an implied warranty of merchantability arises
A) automatically.
B) only if the lessee asks for it.
C) only if the lessor expresses such a warranty.
D) only in conjunction with sales, not lease, contracts.

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Under the UCC, an implied warranty of merchantability arises automatically in contracts for the lease of goods from a merchant who deals in goods of the kind leased. The lessee does not need to ask for it, and it does not require a specific expression of the warranty by the lessor.