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Liberty Inc. routinely leases equipment made by competitors and reverse-engineers design features in its own products. The reverse- engineering process is part of Liberty's 6-month product development cycle and involves disassembling then later reassembling the equipment. LeaseUSA leases such equipment to Liberty under a 12-month lease term. The payments have a fair value of $1,000,000 and the equipment has a fair value of $4,000,000. At the end of the lease term, Liberty has the option to purchase the equipment for $2,000,000, which is less than its expected fair value at that time. There is no internal use for the competitor equipment at the end of Liberty's product development cycle, and Liberty's management focuses solely on the manufacture and sale of its own equipment. Management also wishes to minimize liabilities reported on the balance sheet. In light of the above, which type of lease is Liberty most likely to record its arrangement with LeaseUSA? Operating lease a. Short-term lease b. Not enough information to decide C. Sale and leaseback d. Finance lease e

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