SOLUTION: Premises: 1. A ⊃ X 2. X ⊃ (B ⊃ C) Prove: (A • B) ⊃ C

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Question 1119896: Premises:
1. A ⊃ X
2. X ⊃ (B ⊃ C)
Prove: (A • B) ⊃ C

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1. A —> X Premise
2. X —> (B —> C) Premise
3.:: A & B Conditional Proof (CP) assumption #1
4.:: A 3, AND Elimination (AE)
5.:: X 4,1 Modus Ponens (MP)
6.:: B —> C 5,2 MP
7.:: B 3, AE
8.:: C 7,6 MP
8. (A & B) —> C 3-8, CP


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