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The prompt does not give any restrictions towards negative integers. Knowing this can we just say in each case, M & N could be negative, resulting in a No and Yes for each scenario?
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The prompt does not give any restrictions towards negative integers. Knowing this can we just say in each case, M & N could be negative, resulting in a No and Yes for each scenario?

Using negative numbers lets you instantly prove that the answer to the question can be 'no', but you'd still want to confirm that you can also get a 'yes' answer to the question (maybe that's obvious though).

I'd add that real GMAT questions about primes and divisibility are always careful to specify that any unknown integers are positive, so it's not likely you'd be able to use that 'trick' on an actual test question.
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