A cleaning company cleans 100 houses per month and uses S10 of chemicals, S35 of labor, and $5 of misc. expenses for each house it cleans. After some quality complaints, the company has decided to increase its use of chemicals to S40. By what percentage has multifactor productivity decreased? 0% O 16,67% O 37.5% O 50%

A cleaning company cleans 100 houses per month and uses S10 of chemicals, S35 of labor, and $5 of misc. expenses for each house it cleans. After some quality complaints, the company has decided to increase its use of chemicals to S40. By what percentage has multifactor productivity decreased? 0% O 16,67% O 37.5% O 50%

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