int a = 7, b = 21;
a > b ? a : b ;

Maximum

The expression found the maximum of two variables:

1. The condition a > b was false, so
2. The part after the colon (:) was evaluated, to 21.
3. The entire expression (the whole line) is given that value.

(The expression would probably be part of a longer statement that does something with the value.) Here is a program fragment that prints the minimum of two variables.

int a = 7, b = 21;
System.out.println( "The min is: " + (a ______ b ? a : b ) );

Other than the blank, the program is correct. The entire expression counts as one value, so that value can be used with the concatenation operator "+" in the println().