What is the value of non-negative integer m?

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What is the value of non-negative integer m?

(1) The product of m and a positive integer is less than 1.
(2) The product of m and any odd number is even.

The OA is A .

I am confuse here. Experts, can you clarify this DS question to me? Please.

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by DavidG@VeritasPrep » Thu Nov 16, 2017 8:49 am
VJesus12 wrote:What is the value of non-negative integer m?

(1) The product of m and a positive integer is less than 1.
(2) The product of m and any odd number is even.

The OA is A .

I am confuse here. Experts, can you clarify this DS question to me? Please.
Statment 1: The only way m *( Positive Integer) < 1, given that m is nonnegative, is if m = 0. Sufficient.

Statement 2: All this tells us is that m is even. m could be 2 or 4, etc. Because there are multiple possibilities, this statement alone is not sufficient.

The answer is A
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