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How many pairs of positive integers (a,b) are there such that a and b have no common factors greater than 1 and:
How many pairs of positive integers (a,b) are there such that a and b have no common factors greater than 1 and:


<math>\mathrm frac {a}/{b}</math> + <math>\mathrm frac {14b}/{9a}</math>  
<math>\frac{a}{b} + \frac{14b}{9a}</math>  


is an integer?
is an integer?

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How many pairs of positive integers (a,b) are there such that a and b have no common factors greater than 1 and:

$\frac{a}{b} + \frac{14b}{9a}$

is an integer?

(A) 4

(B) 6

(C) 9

(D) 12

(E) infinitely many