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A professional baseball will play 1 game Saturday and 1 game Sunday. A sports write estimate the team has a 60% chance of winning on Saturday but only a 35% chance of winning on Sunday . Using the sportswriter's estimates, what is the probability that the team will lose both games ?
(Note : Neither game can result in a tie.)

A

`14%`

B

`21%`

C

`25%`

D

`26%`

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