Fact Pattern 20-3

Multiple Choice

Fact Pattern 20-3
General Leasing Company (GLC) buys equipment for use as inventory,borrow?ing $1 million from Helpful Finance Corporation for a security in?terest in the equipment.The next day,GLC borrows $500,000 from Interstate Bank,also for a security interest in the equipment.GLC defaults on the loans.
-Refer to Fact Pattern 20-3.Suppose that two weeks after GLC takes possession of the equipment,Helpful and Interstate file financing statements,with Interstate fil?ing first.In that cir?cum?stance,the party with priority to the equipment is

A) GLC.
B) Helpful and Interstate proportionately.
C) Helpful only.
D) Interstate only.