Help with generating the probablities open a card game

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This discussion focuses on calculating the probabilities of card selection in a two-player card game where each player has five unique cards labeled Legs, Body, Head, L Arm, and Right Arm. The primary inquiry is to determine the likelihood that the second player will select a card that the first player does not choose, based on various scenarios of card selection. The conversation highlights the need for clarity in the number of cards drawn by each player to accurately compute these probabilities.

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I am trying to work out but am having no luck with the following.

It two players have 5 cards each from which they can choose. The cards are marked Legs, Body, Head, L Arm, Right arm

What are the odds of the picking player choosing a card the other does not pick if they are picking
Second Player 1 card 2 cards 3 cards 4 cards 5 cards
First Player
1 card 0%
2 cards
3 cards
4 cards
5 cards 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Its for a game and i am trying to work out the odds. If the player picking first is attacking there need to pick a cards that the second player doesn't and its the odds of that that I'm looking for.

Thank you
 
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You are thinking about probability, not odds.

Please be a bit more specific. How many cards is the first player drawing? Are they drawing the same number of cards? I'll call the cards {1,2,3,4,5}. If they both draw two cards and the first player draws {1,3} and the second draws {3,4}, does that count? More detail please.
 

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