.data
	a: .word 3
	b: .word 5
	m: .word 0
.text
.globl start
.ent start
start: 
	lw $8, a
	lw $9, b
	lw $12, m
	sw $8, m
	lw $10, m
	slt $11,$9,$10
	beq $12,$11, Else
	sw $12, m
	j Exit
	
Else:
sw $9, m
Exit:
.end start