Show the function is one-to-one

Question

Let $f:A \rightarrow B$ be a function.

Define a relation $\sim$ on $A$ by $a\sim b$ iff $f(a)=f(b)$.

a) Show that $\sim$ is an equivalence relation on $A$.

b) If $A_{\sim}$ is the set of equivalence classes $\{[a]|a \in A\}$, show that the function $h:A_{\sim} \rightarrow B$ defined by $h([a])=f(a)$ is $1-1$.

I had no problem solving part a) but am confused on what to do for part b). Thanks

Answer 1

Suppose $h([a])=h([b])$, we have $f(a)=f(b)$.

From definition of the relation$\sim$, we have hence we have $a \sim b$ and hence $[a]=[b]$.