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Wrong solution bud, You can't assume that only consecutive numbers are coprime
Anyways at x= 5 and y=11, (x+1)/(y+1)=(11/10) * (x/y)
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Fraction is X/Y
Add 1 to both Num and Denom, \(\frac{(X+1)}{(Y+1)} = \frac{110}{100}*\frac{X}{Y}\) (As the new fraction is 1.1 times the previous fraction)

Solving gives, 10Y = X(Y+11)
As X and Y are co-prime, we can write Y as X+1. As the two consecutive integers are always co-prime
Put Y = X+1 in above equation, we get

\(10X+10 = X^2+12X\)

\(X^2+2X-10 = 0\)
As we don't get ay real roots, such a fraction doesn't exist.

A is the answer.
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Consider the set of all fractions x/y, where x and y are relatively prime positive integers. How many of these fractions have the property that if both numerator and denominator are increased by 1, the value of the fraction is increased by 10%? (Two integers a and b are said to be relatively prime, mutually prime, or coprime if the only positive integer (factor) that divides both of them is 1.)

(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3
(E) Infinitely many


The answer is B. Only 2/3 qualifies for the given condition
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