Codechef•Apr 09, 2025

Best of Two

Hazrat Ali

Codechef

Chef took an examination two times. In the first attempt, he scored XX marks while in the second attempt he scored YY marks. According to the rules of the examination, the best score out of the two attempts will be considered as the final score.

Determine the final score of the Chef.

Input Format

  • The first line contains a single integer TT — the number of test cases. Then the test cases follow.
  • The first line of each test case contains two integers XX and YY — the marks scored by Chef in the first attempt and second attempt respectively.

Output Format

For each test case, output the final score of Chef in the examination.

Constraints

  • 1≤T≤1000
  • 0≤X,Y≤100

Sample 1:

Input
 
4
40 60
67 55
50 50
1 100
Output
60
67
50
100 
 
 

Explanation:

Test Case 1: The best score out of the two attempts is 6060.

Test Case 2: The best score out of the two attempts is 6767.

Test Case 3: The best score out of the two attempts is 5050.

 

Solution 

for _ in range(int(input())):
    a,b=map(int, input().split(' '))
    if a>=b:
        print(a)
    else:
        print(b)

 

 

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