The common denominator for 2 and 8 is 8. So, we need to convert -1/2 to a fraction with 8 as the denominator. We can do this by multiplying both the numerator and the denominator by 4. This gives us -4/8.
So, the equation becomes:
$$
-\frac{4}{8} + \frac{1}{8}
$$
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