You are playing a game of hide - and - seek with two friends . While one of your friends counts , you and your other friend are given a chance to hide in one of five possible hiding spots . You are each allowed to pick a hiding spot , and are permitted to share a hiding spot . Your friend finishes counting and checks one of the five hiding spots . Assuming that everyone's decisions are made uniformly at random , what are the chances that your friend does not find anyone in the first spot that they check ?

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