Simplify and reduce: \( \frac{5}{8}+\frac{7}{8}=\square \)

When you add \( \frac{5}{8} \) and \( \frac{7}{8} \), you simply combine the numerators while keeping the same denominator because the denominators are already the same. So: \[ \frac{5 + 7}{8} = \frac{12}{8} \] Now, we can simplify \( \frac{12}{8} \) by dividing both the numerator and the denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 4: \[ \frac{12 \div 4}{8 \div 4} = \frac{3}{2} \] Thus, the final answer is \( \frac{3}{2} \) or \( 1.5 \) if you prefer a decimal!