An engineering firm was having difficulty finding qualified engineers because most universities could not afford the costly hardware needed to train top engineering students. The firms president wrote a letter to the dean of a highly respected university in the area, offering to provide, at cost, all the necessary electronic drafting tables your university needs for use in its engineering degree program. The dean received the letter and immediately mailed an acceptance. Two weeks later, before the dean had taken any other action, he received another letter from the firm president explaining that the firm was in the midst of an unforeseen financial crisis and it could not provide the drafting tables to the university at cost after all. If the dean, on the universitys behalf, brings an action for breach of contract against the engineering firm, who will prevail?

Group of answer choices

A. The dean, because the engineering firm is classified as a merchant under the UCC and its offer was therefore irrevocable.

B. The engineering firm, because the dean took no action in reliance on the offer.

C. The engineering firm, because the contract is illusoryno additional students will necessarily apply to the engineering degree program.

D. The dean, because there is an enforceable contract between the parties.