Use the Associative Property of Addition to rewrite the expression (7+8)+6
as an equivalent expression
7+(8+6)
The Associative Property of Addition states that the grouping of numbers being added does not change the sum. So, we can group the numbers (7+8) together.
To rewrite the expression, we can use parentheses to group the numbers in a different way:
(7+8)+6
Using the associative property, we can rewrite it as:
7+(8+6)
This is an equivalent expression to (7+8)+6.