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Penn Inc., a manufacturing company, owns 75 percent of the common stock of Sell Inc., an investment company. Sell owns 60 percent of the common stock of Vane Inc., an insurance company. In Penn's consolidated financial statements, should Sell and Vane be consolidated or reported as equity method investments (assuming there are no side agreements)?

Consolidation used for Sell and equity method used for Vane.

Consolidation used for both Sell and Vane.

Equity method used for Sell and consolidation used for Vane.

Equity method used for both Sell and Vane.