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On the Saturday before Mother's Day, Becky goes to the local farmer's market and buys flowers for her mother, her best friend's mother, and her favorite aunt. Which of the following types of utility is not created by this activity?

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Final answer:

The activity of buying flowers for her mother, her best friend's mother, and her favorite aunt creates form utility.

Step-by-step explanation:

The activity of buying flowers for her mother, her best friend's mother, and her favorite aunt creates form utility.

Form utility is a type of utility that is created by the transformation of raw materials or inputs into a finished product that is useful for consumers. In this case, the flowers that Becky buys are raw materials that are transformed into a finished product (a bouquet of flowers) that is useful and enjoyable for the recipients.

On the other hand, buying a used laptop computer at a garage sale and ordering flowers over the internet for a friend in a different city create different types of utility. Buying a used laptop computer at a garage sale creates place utility (the convenience of buying a laptop at a nearby location), while ordering flowers over the internet creates time utility (the ability to order flowers and have them delivered to a different location).

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