Regarding visibility of lattice points

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This question is related to visibility of lattice points from textbook Apostol Introduction to analytic number theory ( Chapter 3) .

Apostol defines Two lattice Points P and Q are called mutually visible if the line segment joining them contains no lattice points other than endpoints P and Q.

Then Apostol writes

It is clear that (a, b) and (m, n) are mutually visible iff (a-m, b-n) is visible from origin.

Can someone please tell how to prove this statement.