How to show this mathmatically?

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In summary, the statement is that A is a subset of B if and only if removing all elements of A that are in B results in an empty set. This can be written mathematically as A ⊆ B ⇔ A \ B = ∅.
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Homework Statement



Let A and B be sets.
Show that A \ B = ∅ if and only if A ⊆ B.


I think this means that A is a subset of B, therefor if I remove all the elements of A that are in B, A would end up being empty (or ∅).

How do I write this mathmatically or is the above sentence acceptable?
 
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Kaldanis said:

Homework Statement



Let A and B be sets.
Show that A \ B = ∅ if and only if A ⊆ B.I think this means that A is a subset of B, therefor if I remove all the elements of A that are in B, A would end up being empty (or ∅).

How do I write this mathmatically or is the above sentence acceptable?

You would start with something like, A is a subset of B implies for all x in A, x is in B. ...
 

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