Images Preserve Inclusions Images Preserve Inclusions For f:X→Y and A1,A2⊆XA1⊆A2⟹f(A1)⊆f(A2) ProofLet y∈f(A1). Therefore, there exists an x∈A1 such that f(x)=y. Such an x is also in A2 by assumption. Therefore there exists an x∈A2 such that f(x)=y, which means y∈f(A2).