Proving a Discrete math problem

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Another one of my homework asks is this true or false and prove it:

For all sets A, B, and C if A U C is a subset of B U C then A is a subset of B

Please help!
 
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Always try to come up with a counterexample. What happens if C is the set of all living things and A is the set of all humans?
 
Consider
A = \{ 1 \}
B = \{ 3 \}
C = \{ 1, 2 \}
 
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