Well for the proof that it is an equivalence relation :
We sat x~y if there is a connected subspace of X containing both x and y ... y~x just means that there is a connected subspace X containing both y and x that is similar to containing both x and y .
Reflexivity is very obvious ... X contains x, that is just same thing as x~x which would also mean X contains both x and x which is just that X contains x.
Transitivity : Let X be a connected set containing x,y and Y be a connected set containing y,z . Then $X\cup Y$ contains x and z . This will connected because X and Y will have an eleme…