Numeric functions

Question

I´ve got this problem and I don´t understand why the answer is 44. Can anyone help?

nums = (55, 44, 33, 22)
print(max(min(nums[:2]), abs(-42)))

Answer 1

max(min(nums[:2]), abs(-42))
max(min([55, 44]), 42)
max(44, 42)
44

Answer 2

thanks mate!