Miranda Airways, a commercial air carrier, has a contract with Wurtherton Inc., an airplane manufacturer, to purchase a new plane. Due to a sudden shortage of cash, Miranda Airways goes to MetrosBank. MetrosBank issues a document to Wurtherton that if Miranda does not pay for the transaction, MetrosBank would. Wurtherton considers the offer and then sends an acceptance with additional terms. The additional terms stipulate that Miranda Airways could have the new airplane for a period of 10 years and then return it to Wurtherton. Miranda Airways agrees to the acceptance, and Wurtherton hands over the new airplane to them. What Uniform Commercial Code rule was applied when Miranda Airways agreed to the additional terms acceptance provided by Wurtherton?

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The additional terms provided by Wurtherton to Miranda Airways create a situation known as a "battle of the forms," where two parties have conflicting terms in their offer and acceptance. The Uniform Commercial Code's battle of the forms rule states that if both parties' forms contain different terms and both parties go ahead with the transaction anyway, the terms that are in agreement and any gap-filling provisions of the UCC will apply. Therefore, the UCC's battle of the forms rule was applied when Miranda Airways agreed to the additional terms acceptance provided by Wurtherton.

Miranda Airways, a Commercial Air Carrier, Has a Contract with Wurtherton