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Maximum of Two

Finding the larger

Write a function maximum that takes two numbers and returns the larger one. Don't use Python's built-in max function.

def maximum(a, b):
    # Your code here

Examples:

maximum(5, 3) returns $5$
maximum(-1, -5) returns $-1$
maximum(7, 7) returns $7$

Use an if statement to compare the values and return the appropriate one.