[Tutor] Problems understanding code output

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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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