a. What is the formal definition in the glossary of the term "Activities" as it relates to property, plant & equipment?
b. PFW Company is constructing a specialized machine for use in manufacturing its product. Construction had been ongoing for several months when, on April 1, one of its suppliers experienced a labor strike. The materials purchased from this supplier at a cost of $50,000 were critical to the manufacture of the machine. In order to keep construction on schedule PWF opted to pay $100,000 to purchase the same materials on a rush order from another supplier. Based on the definition above, should PFW capitalize the full $100,000 of material cost to the machine, or should it capitalize only $50,000 and report the remaining $50,000 as an extraordinary loss?