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Write a program that reads two integers a and b and prints the largest value of them. Numbers are integers from 1 to 1000. When solving a problem, you can only use integer arithmetic operations +, -, *, //, %, =. You cannot use nonlinear constructions: branching, loops, functions for calculating the module, extracting the square root.
Write a program that reads two integers a and b and prints the largest value of them. Numbers are integers from 1 to 1000. When solving a problem, you can only use integer arithmetic operations +, -, *, //, %, =. You cannot use nonlinear constructions: branching, loops, functions for calculating the module, extracting the square root.
Using the max function is prohibited!
Input data
Two integers a and b are entered .
Output
Print the answer to the problem.
a = int(input("Enter the first integer (a): "))
b = int(input("Enter the second integer (b): "))
# Calculate the sign of (a - b)
sign = (a - b) // ((a - b) // 2 + 1)
# Calculate the largest value
result = a - sign * ((a - b) // 2)
print("The largest value is:", result)
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