An illustration of the associative property of addition provide an example
Basically, the Associative property of addition states that you can add in any order, and the results will be the same.
a + b + c = b + c + a = c + a + b.
a,b, and c are any real numbers.
a + (b+c) = 2 + (4+6) = 2 + 10 = 12.
(a+b) + c = (2+4) + 6 = 6 + 6 = 12.