Question 749548
There are {{{8*7*6*5*4/2/3/4/5=8*7*6/2/3=8*7=56}}} possible teams of 5 out of 8.
The number of teams that include your friend but not you is the number of sets of 4 players they can make from the other 6 player, which is
{{{6*5*4/2/3/4=6*5/2/3=5}}}
So {{{5}}} out of the {{{56}}} possible teams will include your friend, but not you.
The probability of that happening is
{{{5/56}}}

Are you the old Locke, or the fictional future Peter Wiggin?
 
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