Solution - Simplification or other simple results

Step  1  :

            5
 Simplify   —
            8

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  7    5
  — +  —
  8    8

Step  2  :

            7
 Simplify   —
            8

Equation at the end of step  2  :

  7    5
  — +  —
  8    8

Step  3  :

Adding fractions which have a common denominator :

 3.1       Adding fractions which have a common denominator
Combine the numerators together, put the sum or difference over the common denominator then reduce to lowest terms if possible:

 7 + 5     3
 —————  =  —
   8       2

Final result :

  3           
  — = 1.50000 
  2