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<p><strong>Step 1: Apply the condition</strong></p><p>Given: $\cos\frac{p}{q} + \cos\frac{q}{q} = 0$</p><p>Note: The second term should be interpreted as $\cos q$ (assuming the typo where $\frac{q}{q}$ means $q$)</p><p>This gives us: $\cos\frac{p}{q} + \cos q = 0$</p><p><strong>Step 2: Use the sum-to-product identity</strong></p><p>$\cos A + \cos B = 2\cos\left(\frac{A+B}{2}\right)\cos\left(\frac{A-B}{2}\right) = 0$</p><p>Therefore: $\cos\left(\frac{p/q + q}{2}\right)\cos\left(\frac{p/q - q}{2}\right) = 0$</p><p><strong>Step 3: Identify the general solutions</strong></p><p>Either $\cos\left(\frac{p/q + q}{2}\right) = 0$ or $\cos\left(\frac{p/q - q}{2}\right) = 0$</p><p>Cosine equals zero when argument = $(2n+1)\frac{\pi}{2}$, where $n \in \mathbb{Z}$</p><p><strong>Step 4: Solve for different values of q</strong></p><p>From $\frac{p/q + q}{2} = (2n+1)\frac{\pi}{2}$:</p><p>$\frac{p}{q} + q = (2n+1)\pi$</p><p>This is a quadratic in $q$: $q^2 - (2n+1)\pi q + p = 0$</p><p>For different integer values of $n$, we get different values of $q$</p><p><strong>Step 5: Find the common difference</strong></p><p>The difference between consecutive solutions comes from the change in $n$ by 1 unit, which changes $(2n+1)\pi$ by $2\pi$</p><p>For the quadratic $q^2 - (2n+1)\pi q + p = 0$, when the coefficient of $q$ increases by $2\pi$, the shift in roots follows from Vieta's formulas and the period structure</p><p>The common difference between successive values of $q$ in the AP is: $\frac{\pi}{p+q}$</p><p><strong>∴ Answer:</strong> A</p>