The Associative Property of Addition states that the way in which numbers are grouped in an addition problem does not change the sum. This means that for any numbers \(a\), \(b\), and \(c\):
\[ (a + b) + c = a + (b + c) \]
Using this property on the expression \((7 + 8) + 6\), we can rewrite it as:
\[ 7 + (8 + 6) \]
So, the equivalent expression is \(7 + (8 + 6)\).