[Tutor] Problems understanding code output

[ska at luo.to]

def printMax(a, b):
    if a > b:
        print(a, 'is maximum')
    elif a == b:
        print(a, 'is equal to', b)
    else:
        print(b, 'is maximum')
        
printMax(3, 4) # directly give literal values
x = 5
y = 7
printMax(x, y) # give variables as arguments



How the code above values to:

4 is maximum
7 is maximum

and not to:

5 is maximum
7 is maximum

This is going a little over my head, please advice, what am I missing in here?
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