How Does the Openness of A Affect A∩B' in a Metric Space?

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Let (X,d) be a metric space A and B nonempty subsets of X and A is open. Show:
A[tex]\cap[/tex]B = [tex]\oslash[/tex] Iff A[tex]\cap[/tex]B(closure)= empty
Only B closure
it is easy to show rigth to left but how can i use A's open property I try to solve with contradiction s.t. there exist r>0 Br(p)[tex]\subseteq[/tex]A[tex]\cap[/tex]B(closure) but i cannot come conlusion. Can you help me please ? :(
 
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Are you able to show that A [tex]\cap[/tex] B' is empty (where B' is the set of limit points for B)? What is the definition of A being open (use the neighborhood definition)? What is the requirement that a point be an element of B' (use the deleted neighborhood definition)?

Using these definitions, you can work a proof by contradiction.