Metamath Proof Explorer
		
		
		
		Description:  The symmetric difference contains one of the differences.  (Proposed by
     BJ, 18-Aug-2022.)  (Contributed by AV, 19-Aug-2022)
		
			
				
					|  |  | Ref | Expression | 
				
					|  | Assertion | difsssymdif | ⊢  ( 𝐴  ∖  𝐵 )  ⊆  ( 𝐴  △  𝐵 ) | 
			
		
		
			
				Proof
				
					
						| Step | Hyp | Ref | Expression | 
						
							| 1 |  | ssun1 | ⊢ ( 𝐴  ∖  𝐵 )  ⊆  ( ( 𝐴  ∖  𝐵 )  ∪  ( 𝐵  ∖  𝐴 ) ) | 
						
							| 2 |  | df-symdif | ⊢ ( 𝐴  △  𝐵 )  =  ( ( 𝐴  ∖  𝐵 )  ∪  ( 𝐵  ∖  𝐴 ) ) | 
						
							| 3 | 1 2 | sseqtrri | ⊢ ( 𝐴  ∖  𝐵 )  ⊆  ( 𝐴  △  𝐵 ) |