Inclusion in Property, Plant, and Equipment Guthrie Inc. must determine whether the following items are included in property, plant, and equipment: Indicate which items are included in the cost of property, plant, and equipment and which items are excluded from the cost of property, plant, and equipment. a. Idle equipment awaiting sale b. Machinery kept on hand and used only when other machinery breaks c. Land held for investment d. The right to publish a literary work e. Progress payments on building being constructed by a contractor f. Fully depreciated assets still being used g. Expenditures to improve leased property h. Equipment leased to others i. Purchase of an asset with an expected life of 9 months j. Obligation to remove leasehold improvement at the termination of a lease Which of the following is a correct explanation? Idle equipment is held as part of property, plant, and equipment because it will be used in the company's operations and has an expected life of more than 1 year. The right to publish a literary work is not held as part of property, plant, and equipment because it will not be used in the company's operations. Land held for investment is not held as part of property, plant, and equipment because it will not be used in the company's operations