For each of the following – please write a brief description of how an economic utility is demonstrated as it relates to concepts found in Chapter One of the textbook. Embedded hyperlinks provide some reference.

1. United Parcel Service (UPS) is a giant in the logistics world. They not only operate storage/distribution centers and transportation fleets; they also operate local stores throughout the United States. How does possession utility apply to UPS Stores?

2. Some online shoppers can elect to pick up their products at a retail store associated with the website. For instance the outdoor retailer, REI, gives customers free shipping if they pickup their online purchase at one of their “brick & mortar” stores. How does place utility apply to REI Store Pickup?

3. Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) adjusts the number of trains they have in operation on the Blue Lynx Line. If there’s a Panther’s home game or during rush hour commuting – they may add additional trains. How does time utility apply to adjusting the number of CATS trains?

4. Combat rations provided to US military service members are manufactured by Americqual who produces a variety of meal options. How does form utility apply to the types of combat rations available to American warfighters?

Around 4:30 a.m., Indianapolis police officer Jerry Durham responded to a report of three females exposing themselves to the occupants of other vehicles. Durham observed sixteen-year-old C.T. and another woman “pulling their bra[s] and their shirt[s] down over their exposed breast[s].” Indiana punishes an individual who “knowingly or intentionally appear[ed] in a public place in a state of nudity with the intent to be seen by another person[.]” Indiana Code section 35-45-4-1(d) (2008) defines “nudity” as “the showing of the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering of any part of the nipple[.]” Officer Durham at trial testified that he had seen C.T.’s nipple during the incident. The juvenile court found that C.T. had “committed what would be public nudity if committed by an adult and discharged her to her mother.” C.T. claims that her conviction violated equal protection under law because the display of male breasts does not constitute a criminal offense. Do you agree? See C.T. v. State, 939 N.E.2d 626 (Ind. Ct. App. 2010).