Jones Signed a 90-Day Note Promising to Pay $1,000 Plus

question 46

True/False

Jones signed a 90-day note promising to pay $1,000 plus interest. The note states that interest is to be based on a variable, published rate external to the note. The sum the borrower must repay is uncertain, so the note is not negotiable under Revised Article 3.

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