Finding the MaxSum of two numbers

sickoicko (1)
Hello! I was wondering if anyone can suggest a solution to my problem.

The main objective of this program is to find the maximum sum of 2 integers from 3 user inputs. But it's not complete.

when i'm inputting three numbers, let's say: 1, 2, 3 it works fine. it recognises 3 and 2 as the largest and adds them up with no problem.

but when i enter, 3, 2, 1, it's adding 3 and 1 as the largest which is obviously incorrect.

Any suggestions and help would be greatly appreciated.


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#include<iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()

{
    int num1;
    int num2;
    int num3;
    int high1;
    int high2;
    int maxSum;
    
    cout << "\n                       Hello there !\n\nThis Program will find the Maximum Sum of the \n" "\t" "TWO LARGEST Numbers !\n\n";
    cout << "--- Enter 3 numbers --- \n" << endl;
    cout << "Please enter your 1st number: ";
    cin >> num1;
    
    cout << "Please enter your 2nd number: ";
    cin >> num2;
    
    cout << "Please enter your 3rd number: ";
    cin >> num3;
    
  
  {
   
   if (num1 < num2)
    
    {
            high1 = num2;
            high2 = num3;
            maxSum = num2 + num3;
            
    }
    
    
    else if (num2 < num1)
    
    {
            high1 = num1;
            high2 = num3;
            maxSum = num1 + num3;
            
    }
            
    else if (num3 < num1)
    
    {
            high1 = num1;
            high2 = num2;
            maxSum = num1 + num2;
         
    }
    
  
   
     cout << "\n";
        
         
}

     cout << "The Maximum Sum of " <<high1;
     cout << " and " <<high2;
     cout << " is " << maxSum << endl;
     cout << "\n";
     cout << "Thank you for using this program !\n\n";             
    
   
    
    
    
    
     system("pause");
     return 0;


}

jsmith (5804)
Given three integers A, B, and C, write in English how you -- a human -- would figure out which one is the largest
and which one is the second largest. Post that here, then we'll work on translating to actual code.
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