Description: Cancellation law for subtraction. (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 27-May-2016)
| Ref | Expression | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Hypotheses | negidd.1 | |- ( ph -> A e. CC ) | |
| pncand.2 | |- ( ph -> B e. CC ) | ||
| Assertion | nncand | |- ( ph -> ( A - ( A - B ) ) = B ) | 
| Step | Hyp | Ref | Expression | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | negidd.1 | |- ( ph -> A e. CC ) | |
| 2 | pncand.2 | |- ( ph -> B e. CC ) | |
| 3 | nncan | |- ( ( A e. CC /\ B e. CC ) -> ( A - ( A - B ) ) = B ) | |
| 4 | 1 2 3 | syl2anc | |- ( ph -> ( A - ( A - B ) ) = B ) |