Proving a property about alpha cut $ (A')_\alpha \neq (A_\alpha)', unless \\ \alpha = 0.5 $

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I recently came accross this property about alpha (or lambda) cuts

$$ (A')_\alpha \neq (A_\alpha)', unless \\ \alpha = 0.5 $$ where A is a fuzzy set with membership function $\mu_A(x)$

I am curious about the equality condition which I tried proving it as follows:-

We know that

$$ \mu^{'}_{A}(x) = 1 - \mu_A(x) $$

Now

$$ A_\alpha = \{x | \mu_A(x)\geq \alpha \} $$

$$ \implies (A_\alpha)' = \{ x | \mu_A(x) < \alpha \} $$

Similarly

$$ (A')_\alpha = \{ x | 1 - \mu_A(x) \geq \alpha \} $$

Given that

$$ (A')_\alpha = (A_\alpha)' $$

We thus have

$$ \{ x | 1 - \mu_A(x) \geq \alpha \} = \{ x | \mu_A(x) < \alpha \} $$

$$ \implies 1 - \mu_A(x) \geq \alpha $$

And

$$ \mu_A(x) < \alpha $$

$$ \implies 1 - 2\alpha \geq 0 $$

$$ \implies \alpha \leq 0.5 $$

This is where I am stuck, how do I go about eliminating the inequality and obtain just $\alpha = 0.5$ ?

Thanks!