Start off by adding the two fractions. You will have 7/8+7/8=14/8. Then, you find any common factors between the top and bottom. The numerator and denominator are both even numbers, so they're both divisible by 2. You reduce the fraction to 7/4. This is your answer; the question doesn't want to know if you are capable of typing this in a calculator, it wants to know that you're capable of adding fractions and reducing them