as with most problems involving fractions, work first with the denominators. They cannot be added or subtracted unless they all have the same denominator.
5/12 + 7/9
The GCD(12,9) = 36. So, what you have is
15/36 + 28/36
Now all the "units" are the same. Just as you cannot add apples and oranges, you cannot add twelfths and ninths. But you can add a bunch of 36ths. Since 15+28=43, the final answer is just 43/36.
Or, if you must, 1 7/36
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