A company is considering producing two new electronic games designed for the popular Gameboy toy. Based on market data, management believes that there is a 60 percent chance that a "cops and robbers" game will be successful and a 40 percent chance that "let's play house" game will be successful. As these products are completely different, it may be assumed that the success of one is totally independent of the success of the other. If two products are introduced to the market, what is the probability that both are failures?
A) 0.16
B) 0.24
C) 0.80
D) 0.36
E) None of the above

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The probability that both games are failures is the product of their individual failure probabilities: (1 - 0.60) * (1 - 0.40) = 0.40 * 0.60 = 0.24.

A Company Is Considering Producing Two New Electronic Games Designed