Question

How do you find the number with the highest value of x and y?

(a) ceil(x,y)

(b) top(x,y)

(c) Math.ceil(x,y)

(d) Math.max(x,y)

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Answer 1

Right option is (d) Math.max(x,y)

To elaborate: max function is used for comapring and finding maximum values. It is found in the math library. Math.max(x,y) is used to find the highest value of x and y.