Hello, my name is Morgen. I need help understanding how to solve this problem.

SOLUTION:
Step 1:
In this question, we are given the following:
Step 2:
From the question, we have that Lin read:
[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{3}{8}\text{ of a magazine article on Monday} \\ \frac{1}{8}\text{ of the article on Tuesday} \end{gathered}[/tex]We are then asked to find the fraction of the article that she read on Monday and Tuesday:
This means:
[tex]\frac{3}{8}\text{ +}\frac{1}{8}\text{ = }\frac{3+1\text{ }}{8}\text{ =}\frac{4}{8}\text{ =}\frac{1}{2}\text{ --- OPTION C}[/tex]CONCLUSION:
The final answer is:
[tex]\frac{1}{2}\text{ --OPTION C}[/tex]