Stats "AND" Elimination

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What's the logical behind eliminating this AND in a solution?

p(he lives to 80 GIVEN he lives to 50) = p(he lives to 80 AND he lives to 50)/p(he lives to 50) = p(he lives to 80)/p(he lives to 50)

How can they just remove one side of AND like that without proof?

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If he lives to 80, then he already lived to 50; therefore, one condition supersedes the other. In set-theory language,

{People who live to 80} $\subseteq$ {People who live to 50}

so " {People who live to 80} intersected with {People who live to 50} " is just {People who live to 80}.