1. Answer each of the following independent questions, and show your computations if any. (25%)
(1) Kraven Corporation produced 1,000 units of a product in 2024 that required 25,000 pounds of material. The price for the material was $3 per pound in 2024 and $3.25 in 2023. Kraven's cost accountant has estimated that to produce the same 1,000 units in 2023 would have required 29,700 pounds of material. What was the cost effect of productivity for materials? (Use "F" to represent favorable variance and "U" to represent unfavorable variance).