Anyone mind helping me break down this statement in discrete mathematics?
Having trouble understanding if I'm doing this correctly or not.
The original statement was:
~(~p -> q) -> (p v r)
And I went on:
You've done fine. A tip, though, following your third step: third statement:
$$\lnot (p\lor q) \rightarrow (p\lor r)\tag{3}$$
$$ \equiv \lnot\lnot (p\lor q) \lor (p \lor r)\tag 4$$
$$\equiv (p\lor q)\lor (p\lor r)\tag 5$$ $$\equiv p\lor q \lor p \lor r \tag{(6) associativity of $\lor$}$$
$$\equiv \underbrace{p \lor p}_{\large \equiv p} \lor q \lor r\tag{(7) commutativity of $\lor$}$$
$$\equiv p\lor q\lor r\tag 8 $$
Well that's correct. Now all you need as a final step is: $$ p \lor q \lor r $$ Since you have $$\lor$$ everywhere, you can eliminate brackets.