The Associative Property of Addition states that the way numbers are grouped in an addition problem does not change the sum. Therefore, you can rewrite the expression \((7 + 8) + 6\) by regrouping the numbers.
Using the Associative Property, we can group differently, like this:
\(7 + (8 + 6)\)
So, the equivalent expression is \(7 + (8 + 6)\).