• Choice B

    The team currently has 1414 wins and 1111 losses (2525 games played), with 1212 games remaining for a total of 3737 games.

    To win more than 50%50\%, the team needs more than 372=18.5\frac{37}{2} = 18.5 wins, so at least 1919 wins.

    The team already has 1414 wins, so it needs:

    1914=5 more wins19 - 14 = 5 \text{ more wins}

    Verify: 14+5=1914 + 5 = 19 wins out of 3737 games. 193751.4%>50%\frac{19}{37} \approx 51.4\% > 50\%. With only 44 more wins: 183748.6%<50%\frac{18}{37} \approx 48.6\% < 50\%.

    The least number of remaining games the team must win is 55.

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