Evaluate the expression and reduce the result to lowest term.

(5/8) + (1/14)


= ((5 * 14) / (8 * 14)) + ((1 * 8) / (8 * 14))
=(70 /112)+(8 /112)
= 78 / 112
= 39/56 Lowest terms since there are no common factors
39 /56=(3*13)/(2*4*7)

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