Whenever you add fractions it means you need a common denominator. The quickest way to find this number is to multiply the two denominators together (in this case 8 and 9). So your new fractions are 63/72 and 32/72. When you add those you get 95/72. Next simply divide the two numbers to get a decimal, so here we get: 1.31944... So this number is closer to 1 Hope that helps!!
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