Pove that certain system of equations has a solution iff $a \equiv b \pmod d$

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If $\gcd(m, n) = d$, prove that the system $$ \begin{cases} x\equiv a \pmod m \\ x\equiv b \pmod n \\ \end{cases} $$

has a soution iff $a \equiv b \pmod d$.

I'll go $\leftarrow$ just to see if I am going in the right direction:

$mu + nv = 1$ implies

$mu \equiv 0 \pmod m$,

$nv \equiv 1 \pmod m $,

$nv \equiv 0 \pmod n$,

$mu \equiv 1 \pmod n$

$b - a = dk$ and $mu + nv = d \rightarrow muk + nvk = b - a$. Then,

$t = muk + nvk = k \pmod m$

$t = muk + nvk = k \pmod n$

Does this $t$ make sense?