Alice predicts the USD to EUR exchange rate to increase $10\%$ in one year. Bob predicts the same for the EUR to USD rate. Can they both be right?

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Here is a brainteaser from Michael Isichenko`s "Quantitative Portfolio Management: The Art and Science of Statistical Arbitrage".

Alice's model predicts the USD to EUR exchange rate to increase $10\%$ in one year. Bob's forecast indicates the same increase for EUR to USD rate over the same period. Can Alice and Bob both be right?

Can anybody help with the solution? I guess the answer should be "yes", but I do not really understand why.