Description: A cancellation law for division. (Contributed by NM, 8-Feb-2005)
| Ref | Expression | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assertion | divcan4 | ⊢ ( ( 𝐴 ∈ ℂ ∧ 𝐵 ∈ ℂ ∧ 𝐵 ≠ 0 ) → ( ( 𝐴 · 𝐵 ) / 𝐵 ) = 𝐴 ) |
| Step | Hyp | Ref | Expression |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mulcom | ⊢ ( ( 𝐴 ∈ ℂ ∧ 𝐵 ∈ ℂ ) → ( 𝐴 · 𝐵 ) = ( 𝐵 · 𝐴 ) ) | |
| 2 | 1 | 3adant3 | ⊢ ( ( 𝐴 ∈ ℂ ∧ 𝐵 ∈ ℂ ∧ 𝐵 ≠ 0 ) → ( 𝐴 · 𝐵 ) = ( 𝐵 · 𝐴 ) ) |
| 3 | 2 | oveq1d | ⊢ ( ( 𝐴 ∈ ℂ ∧ 𝐵 ∈ ℂ ∧ 𝐵 ≠ 0 ) → ( ( 𝐴 · 𝐵 ) / 𝐵 ) = ( ( 𝐵 · 𝐴 ) / 𝐵 ) ) |
| 4 | divcan3 | ⊢ ( ( 𝐴 ∈ ℂ ∧ 𝐵 ∈ ℂ ∧ 𝐵 ≠ 0 ) → ( ( 𝐵 · 𝐴 ) / 𝐵 ) = 𝐴 ) | |
| 5 | 3 4 | eqtrd | ⊢ ( ( 𝐴 ∈ ℂ ∧ 𝐵 ∈ ℂ ∧ 𝐵 ≠ 0 ) → ( ( 𝐴 · 𝐵 ) / 𝐵 ) = 𝐴 ) |