Originally Posted by
substructure
Trying to explain why 5-(-3) is the same as 5+3 to my child and wife was like trying to explain it to my dog - while he was outside doing his business and I was inside passing signals to him with semaphore flags.
I had to finally bet her money that my answer was right before she would listen.
Put a $ in front of everything and try again. I have found that when money is involved it is easier to explain things because of motivation.