TITLE: If $2$ numbers are co-prime, does it imply that their difference is also prime to those numbers?
QUESTION [6 upvotes]: Let $q$ and $p$ be coprime. And without loss of generality, as $p$ and $q$ are interchangeable, let $p>q$, $p=q+d$.
If $p$ and $q$ are coprime, the fraction cannot be simplified. Therefore, we can rewrite $p/q$ as $(q+d)/q$, and we obtain $1+d/q$. As the fraction for $p/q$ cannot be simplified, $d/q$ can also not be simplified, therefore $d$ is also prime to $q$. [We can do same arguement for $p$ too]. Is this correct?

REPLY [4 votes]: Of course it is. If $q$ and $d$ have a common factor $f$:
$q = Qf$
$d = Df$
then
$p = q + d  = (Q +D)f$
and more generally 
$kq\pm md = (kQ \pm mD)f$
will have that factor,  too.