Proving equalities with operations on sets

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Homework Statement


Let A, B, C be any sets.

Prove that if C\subseteq A, then (A\cap B)\cup C = A\cap (B\cup C)

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Don't even know where to begin, If someone could point me in the right direction, that would be the best.
 
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To prove two sets A and B are equal, you need to show A\subset B and B\subset A.
 
vela said:
To prove two sets A and B are equal, you need to show A\subset B and B\subset A.

Thankyou! I think I'm on the right track, I see how that would make both sides equal only if C is a subset of A.
 
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